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 Tottenham]
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
TABLE 1.
Medical Inspections of Children attending Public Elementary Schools - Year ended 31st December, 1941.
A. ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. | |
(1) No. of Inspections in the prescribed Groups: | |
Entrants | 1,209 |
Second Age Group | 651 |
Third Age Group | 525 |
Total | 2,385. |
(2) No. of other Routine Inspections | 327. |
Grand Total | 2,712. |
3. OTHER INSPECTIONS.
No. of Special .Inspections. and Re-Inspections 13,762.
TABLE 11.
Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the year in the Routine Age Groups.
No. of Children Inspe cted. | A (Excellent) | B (Normal) | C (Slightly Sub-Normal). | D. (Bad). | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | No. | NO. | ||||
2712. | 450. | 16.5. | 1949. | 71.9. | 295. | 10.9 | 18. | .7. |
TABLE 111.
GROUP 1. Treatment of Minor Ailments (excluding uncleanliness)
Total number of defects treated or under treatment during the year under the Authority' s Scheme | 3198. |
GROUP 11. Treatment of Defective Vision and Souint. | |
Errors of Refraction (including Squint) | Under the Authority's Scheme. 486. |
Other defects or diseases of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group 1) | 11. |
Total | 497. |
No. of' Children for whom spectacles were | Under the Authority's Scheme. |
(a) Prescribed | 349. |
(b) Obtained | 349. |