Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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The distribution of these defective children was as
follows:—
Brentford Area—
Lionel Road 29, St. John's 28, St. George's 26,
St. Paul's 14, Senior Girls 10, Senior Boys 5, Boat
Children 10, Ealing Road Infants 10, Ealing Road
Juniors 8, and Clifden Road Infants 2.
Chiswick Area—
Hogarth Schools: Infants 46, Junior Girls 45, Senior
Girls 25, Junior Boys 14, Senior Boys 2.
Belmont Schools: Junior Mixed 18, Infants 17,
Senior Mixed 14.
Strand Schools: Junior Mixed 15, Infants 15, Senior
Mixed 11.
Beverley Infants 30 and Central Girls 5.
The progress made in this part of the work is shown in the following table:—
Total number of examinations made by-School Nurses. | Number of individual children found to be unclean. | Average number of visits per school made during the year by School Nurses. | |
---|---|---|---|
1927 | 22,913 | 1185 | 15 |
1928 | 24, 682 | 973 | 16 |
1929 | 26,778 | 755 | 16 |
1930 | 31,456 | 823 | 18 |
1931 | 39,039 | 619 | 19.6 |
1932 | 41,055 | 504 | 18 |
1933 | 37,501 | 433 | 17 |
1934 | 36,976 | 399 | 16 |