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Ilford 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE—(continued).
School Hygiene 91
Medical Inspection 91
Findings of Medical Inspection 92
Infectious Disease 93
"Following-up" 95
Medical Treatment:—
Minor Ailments 95
Ophthalmic Department 97
Dental Department 99
Treatment of Uncleanliness 100
Other Ailments 100
Operative Treatment of Tonsils and
Adenoids 100
Open-air Education 101
Physical Training 101
Provision of Meals 102
School Baths 102
Co-operation of:—
Parents, Teachers, School Attendance
Officers and Voluntary Bodies 102-3
Physically and Mentally Defective Children 103-113
Nursery Schools, Secondary and Continuation
Schools 114
Employment of School Children and Young Persons 114
Medical Examination of Teachers, etc. 114
Statistical Tables:—
I.—Number of Children Inspected 115
II.—Return of Defects 116
III.—No. of Children found to Require Treatment 117
III.—Numerical Return of Exceptional Children 118-120
IV.—Group I.—Minor Ailments 121
Group II.—Visual Defects 122
Group III.—Nose and Throat Defects 122
Group IV.— Dental Defects 123
Group V.—Cncleanliness and Verminous
Conditions 124
V.—Summary of number of Children Inspected 127
VI.—A.—Average Heights and Weights of Boys
Inspected 128
B.—Average Heights and Weights of Girls
Inspected 130
VII.—Summary of Infectious Disease among
School Children 132
VIII.—Summary of Scarlet Fever among School
Children 133
IX.—Summary of Diphtheria among School
Children 134
X.—Summary of Measles and German Measles
among School Children 135
XI.—Summary of Chicken Pox among School
Children 136
XII.—Summary of Whooping Cough among
School Children 137
XIII.—Summary of Mumps among School Children 138