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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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12. (a) CO-OPERATION OF PARENTS
The following table shows the attendance of parents during 1947:—
| Number | Number of | Per cent. | Per cent. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspected | Parents | 1947 | 1946 | |||
| Entrants— | Boys | 458 | 366 | 79.9 | 87.3 | |
| Girls | 413 | 370 | 89.5 | 84.8 | ||
| 2nd Age | Group | —Boys | 489 | 349 | 71.3 | 73.7 |
| Girls | 733 | 598 | 81.5 | 79.4 | ||
| 3rd Age | Group | —Boys | 581 | 174 | 29.9 | 30.4 |
| Girls | 753 | 412 | 54.7 | 41.6 | ||
(b) CO-OPERATION OF TEACHERS
Renewed and grateful acknowledgement for the co-operation
of Head Teachers and their staffs must be made. Generous help
and co-operation has invariably been experienced.
(c) CO-OPERATION OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
OFFICERS
The Superintendent Attendance Officer and his staff have
again co-operated with the work of the school medical service.
(d) CO-OPERATION OF VOLUNTARY BODIES
| Number of new cases | 277 | |
| Number of old cases | 41 | |
| 318 | ||
| Number of weeks' convalescence provided | 1 | ,941 |
| Number of children sent away convalescent | 232 | |
| Number of home visits paid | 463 | |
| Over | Under | |
| 5 years. | 5 years. | |
| Voluntary Hospitals and Private Practitioners | 56 | 27 |
| Tuberculosis Dispensary | 2 | — |
| General Hospitals under a Public Authority | 11 | 2 |
| School Medical Services | 149 | 10 |
| Local Authority under Schemes for— | ||
| (i) Rheumatism | 5 | — |
| (ii) Orthopaedic care | 19 | 13 |
| Maternity and Child Welfare Centres | — | 3 |
| Voluntary bodies | 1 | 6 |
| Parents | 5 | 6 |
| I.C.AA. visitors and others | 2 | — |
| Transferred from I.C.A.A. Branches | 1 | |
| 251 | 67 |