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SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES
WANSTEAD & WOODFORD 1955
The number of children attending the fifteen maintained schools
in the Borough was, at the end of the year, 6,942.
1. School Medical Inspections
Under Section 48 of the Education Act, 1944, it is the responsibility
of the Local Education Authority, to provide for the medical inspection
at appropriate intervals of all the pupils in attendance at schools
maintained by them and, in accordance with these regulations, 1,912
of the pupils in attendance at maintained schools in the Borough were
examined by a School Medical Officer.
The number of children inspected in each age group, were:—
Routine Inspections No. examined No. referred No. referred
for treatment for observation
1st age group (5—7 years) 698 106 85
2nd age group (10-11 years) 824 95 83
3rd age group( 14-16 years) 297 43 16
Special 'Inspections 93 20 27
2. Minor Ailment Clinics
Fewer children attended at the minor ailment clinic which is held
every Friday morning at the School Clinic at 93, High Road, E.18. 350
children made 431 attendances in 1955, compared with 490 children
and 639 attendances in 1954.
Particulars of the defects noted at these examinations are given in
Appendix.
3. Cleanliness Surveys
The School Nurses visited the primary and secondary modern
schools soon after the commencement of each school term, to undertake
the cleanliness survey of all pupils in attendance. 18,555 inspections
were carried out. 44 individual children were found to be suffering
from head infestation, but were satisfactorily cleansed by the
parents following advice given by the School Nurse.
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