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NEW AND ORIGINAL WORK. - Dr. Gordon-Smith has throughout the
year been giving a series of lectures in Secondary Schools on Parenteral,
Health and Hygiene, such covering the diverse subjects of nutrition, food
hygiene, child psychology and the problems of adolescence. Dr. GordonSmith
has been able to enlist the services of both the health visitors and
public health inspectors who in some instances have given their own talks.
7 schools were covered and this entailed 28 sessions during 1963. This
programme is continuing in 1964.
In addition to the above, both Dr. Gordon-Smith and Dr. Taylor have
taken the opportunity of giving talks to selected groups of Secondary
Boys Schools on the topic of Smoking and Lung Cancer and these have
been illustrated by films, film-strips and other visual aids.
SPECIALIST SERVICES. — The various specialist clinics functioned
as in previous years and these are the subject of separate reports by the
Consultants included under the particular Clinic details.
STATISTICS. — The Ministry of Education Annual Returns and the
summary of heights and weights over a period of 10 years are printed at
the end of this Report.
MEDICAL TREATMENT.
(a) Minor Ailments Clinics. — The attendances during 1963 were as
follows: —
Kenwood Gardens Mayesbrook
Number of individual children seen 290 523
Number of attendances of children 299 551
The following table shows the conditions dealt with at both the
Clinics during the year.
Sub-normal Nutrition 80
Debility 25
Uncleanliness:—
Head 72
Body ~