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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Walthamstow 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Except in necessitous cases, parents pay in full for all spectacles
under an agreed scale of charges by all the opticians on the official
rota.
Recovery is also made in respect of Child Guidance and Artificial
Sunlight treatment.
18. HEALTH EDUCATION.
(а) Dental.— Fourteen lectures were given by the Lecturers of
the Dental Board of the United Kingdom.
(b) Films.— Four films were loaned for exhibition by the
Health and Cleanliness Council.
(c) The Director of the National Milk Publicity Council reports that the following lectures were given during 1938 by the Council's lecturer :—
| Date. | No. of Lectures. | Attendances | School. |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 17th | 2 | 350 | Chapel End Infants. |
| 2 | 373 | ,, Junior Mixed. | |
| June 23rd | 1 | 60 | Markhouse Road Senior Boys. |
| June 24th | 1 | 200 | Roger Ascham Junior Mixed. |
| 1 | 240 | ,, ,, Infants. | |
| July 1st | 2 | 350 | Coppermill Road Junior Mixed. |
| July 7th | 1 | 170 | ,, ,, Senior Girls. |
| 1 | 200 | ,, ,, Senior Boys. | |
| July 8th | 1 | 180 | Forest Road Infants. |
| 3 | 225 | ,, Junior Boys. | |
| July 11th | 1 | 160 | Chapel End Senior Girls. |
| July 12th | 1 | 200 | Blackhorse Road Senior Girls. |
| July 14th | 1 | 160 | Gamuel Road Infants. |
| July 15th | 1 | 250 | Blackhorse Road Infants. |
| Aug. 29th | 2 | 260 | Wm. Ell. Whittingham Senior Boys. |
| Aug. 30th | 2 | 350 | Jos. Barrett Senior Girls. |
| Sept. 1st | 1 | 150 | Higham Hill Infants. |
| Sept. 1st | 3 | 170 | ,, Junior Boys. |
| Sept. 2nd | 1 | 76 | Markhouse Road Infants. |
| Aug. 30th | 2 | 210 | Gamuel Road Junior Girls. |
| Sept. 16th | 2 | 262 | Maynard Road Infants. |
| Nov. 4th | 1 | 212 | Winn's Avenue Infants. |
| Nov. 7th | 3 | 312 | Coppermill Road Infants. |
| Nov. 11th | 2 | 180 | Winn's Avenue Senior Boys. |
| Nov. 18th | 2 | 356 | Mission Grove Junior Mixed. |
| 2 | 294 | Selwyn Avenue Infants. | |
| Nov. 25th | 1 | 140 | Mission Grove Infants. |
| Nov. 4th | 2 | 249 | Thorpe Hall Infants. |
| Nov. 4th | 1 | 254 | Winn's Avenue Senior Girls. |
| Nov. 18th | 2 | 390 | Selwyn Avenue Girls. |
| Dec. 6th | 1 | 250 | Edinburgh Road Girls. |
| Dee. 9th | 1 | 222 | Pretoria Avenue Junior Mixed. |
| 2 | 248 | Wood Street Boys. | |
| 1 | 225 | ,, Infants. | |
| 53 | 7,928 |