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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BOARD OF EDUCATION
MEDICAL INSPECTION uND TREATMENT RETURNS FOR
YEAR ENDED 3IST DECEMBER 1944
MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. A.- ROUTINE MEDICO INSPECTIONS, | ||
No. of Inspections: Entrants 51 Second | ??? 310 Third Age Group 345Total 56 | |
277. GRAND Total 1433 | ||
No. of Special Inspections and Re-inspections 2008 |
TABLE 11.
DURING THE YEAR IN THE ROUTINE AGE GROUPS.
Number of Children Inspected | A. | B. | C. | D. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Excellent) | (Normal) | (Slightly subnormal) | (Bad) | ||||||
No. | No. | %. | No. | %. | No. | %. | |||
Entrant | 501 | 184 | 36.7 | 266 | 53.1 | 51 | 10.2 | - | - |
Second | 79 | 25.5 | 203 | 65.5 | 27 | 8.7 | 1 | 3 | |
Third | 345 | 44.9 | 18 | 5.2 | 2 | ||||
Other | 2 77 | 111 | 40.1 | 152 | 14 | 5.1 | - | - | |
Total | 14,13 | 529 | 36.9 | 721 | 55.2 | 110 | 7.7 | 3 |
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 were | Under the Authority's Scheme |
7 | |
86 |