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Health Department,
Council House,
Hounslow.
7th March, 1912.
To the Chairman and Members of the Heston and Isleworth
Urban District Education Committee.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit the fourth Annual Report of the
School Medical Officer. The report has been prepared for the
information of the Committee and the Board of Education in
accordance with circular No. 596 of the Board.
The report is divided into seven parts as follows :—
1. Routine Medical Inspection.
2. Special Cases.
3. Medical Treatment.
4. The Administration of the Education (Provision of
Meals) Act, 1906.
5. The Teaching of Infant Care and Management and
Home Nursing.
6. Defective, Epileptic, Blind and Deaf Children.
7. School Construction.
During the year 2076 children have been examined 2634 times.
In 399 cases, the parents were advised to seek medical or dental
treatment on account of defective conditions noted amongst the
scholars examined, but in 229 cases no treatment was obtained,
the main reason given by the parents being that they could not
afford it. This fact shews the need for the establishment of a
school clinic in this district. Medical treatment of school children
would have the following beneficial results:—
1. It would allay suffering amongst the children and
make them healthy.