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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B.—Other Inspections:
Number of Special Inspections and Re-Inspections—19.
TABLE II
CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF CHILDREN
INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE ROUTINE AGE
GROUPS
Age Group and Number of Children Inspected | A (Excellent) | B (Normal) | C (Slightly Sub-normal) | D (Bad) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
9 | Nil | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 100 | — | — |
11 | 98 | 40 | 40.9 | 53 | 54.1 | 5 | 5 | — | — |
12 | 91 | 40 | 43.9 | 46 | 50.5 | 5 | 4.6 | — | - |
13 | 49 | 32 | 65.3 | 15 | 30.6 | 2 | 4.1 | — | |
14 | 22 | 13 | 59.1 | 7 | 31.8 | 2 | 9.1 | — | - |
15 | 69 | 31 | 44.9 | 32 | 46.4 | 6 | 8.7 | — | - |
16 | 31 | 16 | 51.6 | 13 | 41.9 | 2 | 6.5 | — | — |
17 | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 6 | 35.3 | 1 | 5.9 | — | — |
TOTALS | 378 | 182 | 48.2 | 172 | 45.5 | 24 | 6.3 | — | — |
TABLE III
Group I.—Treatment of Minor Ailments (excluding- uncleanliness). | |
Total number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year under the Authority's Scheme | 49 |
Group II.—Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint.
Under the Authority's Scheme | |
---|---|
Errors of Refraction (including squint) Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding | 38 |
those recorded in Group I) | Nil |
No. of Children for whom spectacles were : | |
(a) Prescribed | 30 |
42 |