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BOROUGH OF RICHMOND
(SURREY).
Report on the Medical Inspection and Treatment of
Elementary School Children for the year ended
December, 31st, 1941.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my Report on the work of the
School Medical Department during the year 1941. The Report deals
with the work carried on while I was in office up to the end of July
and the continuation of the work under Dr. Pereira up to the end
of the year. As you are aware Dr. Pereira has been called up to serve
in the R.A.M.C. and it is on that account that I am temporarily acting
as school medical officer.
The Report is a brief one as requested by the Board of
Education.
A summary of the statistics is as follows:—
Average number of children on the registers during
1941 2,619
Average attendance at Elementary Schools during
1941 2,308
Number of Routine Medical Inspections 1,049
Number of attendances at Minor Ailment Clinic 2,938
Number of children obtained glasses after examination
by specialists 127
Number of children operated on for Tonsils and
Adenoid conditions 22
Number of attendances at Dental Clinic 1,744
Number of children given general anaesthetics
(Gas or Ethyl Chloride) 613
I am,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
C. S. BREBNER