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SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE.
SUMMARY OF MAIN STATISTICS, 1937.
Population of borough (mid-year estimate) 259,500
Elementary schools:—
Number of schools 63
Number of departments 162
Average number on registers 457
Average attendances 36,082
Schools for higher education:—
Number of schools 6
Number of departments 6
Average number on registers 2,123
Average attendance 1,963
Special schools:—
Number of schools 10
Average number on registers 773
Average attendance 610
Work of the assistant medical officers:—
Number of completed visits to schools 97
Number of half-days devoted to school inspection 1,150
Number of children examined at routine inspections 16,911
Number of children examined as "Specials" 16,149
Number of re-examinations in schools
Number of re-examinations at clinics 8,049
Work of the dental surgeons:—
Number of children examined 23,387
Number of children treated 10,383
Total attendances at the dental clinics 17,301
Work of the school nurses:—
Number of visits to schools 1,531
Number of children visited in schools 4,499
Number of home visits 11,013
Number of inspections with reference to
cleanliness 79,476
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