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 45, St. John's 27, St. George's 23, St. Paul's 16,
Ealing Road Juniors 16, Ealing Road Infants 12, Boat
Children 10, Senior Girls 7, Senior Boys 5, and Clifden Road
Infants 2.
Chiswick Area—
Hogarth Schools : Infants 50, Junior Girls 37, Senior Girls
20, Junior Boys 15, and Senior Boys 1.
Belmont Schools : Infants 16, Senior Mixed 12, Junior
Mixed 7.
Strand Schools: Infants 12, Junior Mixed 11, Senior
Mixed 6.
Beverley Infants 16, and Central Girls 2.
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 |
1935 | 38,496 | 372 | 15 |