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 Edmonton]
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BOARD OF EDUCATION
Medical Inspection and Treatment Returns
Year Ended 31st December, 1941
TABLE I. Medical Inspections o f children attending Public Elementary Schools.
| A - ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. | |
| (1) No. of Inspections in the Prescribed Age Groups: | |
| Entrants: 959. Second Age Group: 756. Third Age Croup: 376 | |
| Total: | 2091 |
| (2) No. of other Routine Inspections: | 20 |
| Grand Total: | 2111 |
| B-OTHER INSPECTIONS. | |
| No. of Special Inspections and Re-Inspections: | 832 |
TABLE II. Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected During the Year in the Routine Age Groups.
| No. of Children Insp. | A | B | C | D | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | No. | % | No. | % | No. | |||
| 2111 | 221 | 10.47 | 1402 | 66.41 | 458 | 21.7 | 30 | 1.42 |
TABLE III. Treatment of Minor Ailments (Excluding uncleanliness).
| (1) Total No. of Defects treated or under treatment during the Year under the Authority's Scheme: 4612 | Under the Authority's Scheme | ||
| (2) Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint. | 784 | ||
| Errors of Refraction (including Squint: | |||
| Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in (1)). | 20 | ||
| Total: | 804 | ||
| No. of children for whom spectacles were | |||
| (a) Prescribed: | 721 | ||
| (b) Obtained: | 690 | ||
| (3) Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. | |||
| Received Operative treatment: | 172 | ||
| Received other forms of treatment: | 62 | ||
| Total Number treated: | 234 | ||
TABLE IV
| (1) Number of children inspected by the Dentist | |||||
| (a) Routine Age Groups: | |||||
| Age | No. | Age | No. | Age | No. |
| 4 | 191 | 5 | 759 | 6 | 935 |
| 7 | 905 | 8 | 908 | 9 | 997 |
| 10 | 1143 | 11 | 941 | 12 | 852 |
| 13 | 1002 | 14 | 217 | 15 | 11 |
| Total: | 8859 | ||||
| (b) Specials | 1215 | ||||
| (c) Total (Routine & Specials) | 10074 | ||||