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County Borough of East Ham Education Committee.
Mr. Chairman, Mrs. Ford, and Gentlemen,—
I beg to submit my Annual Report as School Medical Officer
for the year ending December 31st, 1915.
The Report has, in accordance with the suggestion of the
Board of Education, been curtailed in the interest of economy, but
from the tables given it will be noted that under the present
circumstances the work undertaken has been even more than was
expected at the commencement of the year. As it was not possible
to carry out the full routine work of Medical Inspection, special
attention was given to specially selected cases and those cases
requiring treatment at the School Clinic.
Comparative Statement of Work.
1914. 1915.
Routine Inspections 7,881 6,845
Special Cases 458 199
Re-inspections 1,397 1,033
Visits for Medical Inspection 310 255
Consultations at Inspection Clinic 5,885 4,591
Number of Treatments at Clinic 1,737 3,457
Nurses' Special Visits to Departments
41 21
Nurses' Visits to Homes 878 511
Children Examined for Cleanliness 15,209 13,372
Number of Cleansings 59 —
PARENTS PRESENT AT MEDICAL INSPECTION.
During the year 1915 the percentage of parents present at
Inspection was 31.1 as compared with 30.5 in 1914.