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Brentford and Chiswick 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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BOARD OF EDUCATION
MEDICAL INSPECTION uND TREATMENT RETURNS FOR
YEAR ENDED 3IST DECEMBER 1944

Table: Table 1

Table 1

MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. A.- ROUTINE MEDICO INSPECTIONS,
(1)No. of Inspections: Entrants 51 Second??? 310 Third Age Group 345Total 56
(2)No.of-otherRoutine Insspections277. GRAND Total 1433
B.- OTHER INSPECTIONS.
No. of Special Inspections and Re-inspections 2008

Table: TABLE 11.CLASSIFICATIONOF THENUTRITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTEDDURING THE YEAR IN THE ROUTINE AGE GROUPS.

TABLE 11.

CLASSIFICATIONOF THENUTRITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED

DURING THE YEAR IN THE ROUTINE AGE GROUPS.

Number of Children InspectedA.B.C.D.
(Excellent)(Normal)(Slightly subnormal)(Bad)
No.No.%.No.%.No.%.
Entrant50118436.726653.15110.2--
Second3107925.520365.5278.713
Third345155.44.917049.3185.226
Other2 7711140.115254.9145.1--
Total14,1352936.972155.21107.732

Table: Table 111

Table 111

GROUP I. Treatment of Minor Ailments,(excluding uncleanliness).
Total Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year under the Authority's Scheme 367.
GROUP II. Treatment of Defective and and Squint.
Under, the Authority's Scheme
ERRORS OF REFRACTION (including squint)138
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I)Nil
No* of Children for whom spectacles wereUnder the Authority's Scheme
(a) Prescribed7
86