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Cases assisted have been maternity, acute sick, chronic sick, aged,
tuberculous and other infectious cases.
All applications are supported by a medical certificate and in the case
of the chronic sick, which are long term cases, they are reviewed every three
months by the Area Sub-Committee.
SECTION H. SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES.
The School Health Service for the Borough is administered by the
Essex County Council through the Forest Divisional Executive. There
are 8 primary, 1 secondary modern and 1 secondary grammar schools in the
Borough.
1. School Medical Inspections.
All children in maintained schools are examined three times during their
school life; (i) soon after their admission to school for the first time
(ii) during their last year in the primary school and (iii) during their last
year at school. Pupils may also be specially examined at any other time
during school life at the request of the parent or Head Teacher.
During 1951, a Medical Officer made 95 visits to schools in Wanstead
and Woodford (including Forest View Temporary School at Chingford
which accommodates children from this Borough) for the purpose of carring
out medical examinations.
2. Minor Ailment Clinics.
405 individual pupils made 633 attendances at the School Clinic
93 High Road, South Woodford, during 1951. 352 defects were discovered,
particulars of which are given in a table later in this report.
3. Ophthalmic Service.
This service is one of the Regional Hospital Board's Specialist Services
and is known as the Hospital Eye Service. One of the Board's ophthalmologists
regularly visits the School Clinic at South Woodford to see
schoolchildren recommended by School Medical Inspectors for invest1'
gation of eye defects. During the year under review, the ophthalmology
visited on 42 occasions, saw 735 children and prescribed spectacles for 276
4. Poliomyelitis.
No schoolchildren were affected.
5. Diphtheria Immunisation.
All schoolchildren, on admission to school for the first time at the
of five years, are given a leaflet to take home to their parents, which
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