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West Ham 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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St. Patrick's At the Y.M.C.A. Hall, Red Triangle
Carpenters Road Club, Carpenters Road.
Free School. At Bridge Road School.
Salway Place
St Francis' At the Wesleyan Hall.
St. Paul's. At the Mechanics' Institute (G.E.R.).
Custom House. At the Bancroft Hall.
Application is being made for the examination of scholars
from South Hallsville School at the Boyd Institute on account
of the bad accommodation and insufficient lighting in the
school.
SCOPE OF THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE.
The School Medical Service participates in the following
activities: —
(1) Medical Inspection in Elementary Schools (Routine and
Specials).
(2) " Following up " of children found defective.
(3) Cleanliness Surveys (Five Special Duty Nurses engaged).
(4) Treatment of Minor Ailments (four Clinics).
(5) Dental Inspection and Scheme of Treatment (three full-
time Dental Surgeons, three Clinics).
(6) Treatment of Visual Defects (two part-time Ophthalmic
Surgeons; three afternoons per week).
(7) Operative Treatment of Tonsils and Adenoids by
ment with two local Hospitals.
(8) X-Ray Treatment of Ringworm (1) by local Radiologist;
(2) by arrangement with the London Hospital.
(9) Provision of meals to necessitous children.
(10) Provision of Surgical Instruments and Appliances to
Crippled Children.
(11) Convalescence of debilitated children.
(12) Juvenile Employment.