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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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* 1minimisation—
Wednesdays 2 p.m. Town Hall.
*Scabies and Infectious Disease Contacts—
Wednesdays 11 a.m. Town Hall.
All Clinics, except those marked * are "appointment" Clinics.
2. CO-ORDINATION
(a) Staff—Co-ordination is secured by the fact that all the
school health staff also carry out duties for other health services.
The school nursing staff is equivalent to 6½ whole time nurses.
(b) Family Doctors,—Improved arrangements were made
during the year to keep the family doctor informed as to the findings
of specialists in regard to children referred for specialist
diagnosis and treatment.
(c) Reports from Hospitals—Except in one notable instance
(the paediatric department of a nearby hospital) few hospitals send
a summary on discharge of children admitted to their wards. When
such summaries are received they are of great value and are attached
to the appropriate medical inspection files.
3. THE SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE IN RELATION TO
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
| Boys 1 | Girls | Mixed | Infants Nursery | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Secondary Grammar | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| County Secondary Technical | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| County Secondary Modern | 2 | 2 | 6 | — | — |
| County Primary Junior | 2 | 2 | 12 | — | — |
| County Primary Infanls | — | — | — | 15 | — |
| Voluntary Secondary Modern | - | - | 1 | — | - |
| Voluntary Primary | - | - | 3 | 2 | — |
| County Nursery | - | — | — | — | 1 |
| Special Schools for:— | |||||
| Deaf | — | 1 | "— | — | |
| Educationally Sub-normal | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Partially Sighted | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Physically Handicapped | — | 1 | — | — | |
| 1952 | 1951 | 1950 | 1949 | 1948 | |
| Number of Children on Register, 31st December | 19975 | 18970 | 18211 | 17652 | 17154 |
| Average attendance | 16587.8 | 16561.6 | 15993.5 | 15950.7 | 14928.9 |
| Percentage attendance | 82.9 | 87.0 | 87.8 | 90.3 | 86.7 |
The increase in the number of children on the school registers
in six years amounts to 3512, i.e. 21.3% of the 1947 roll.