[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    General Statement of the extent and seope O'f the Medical Inspection carried out during the year, 1. 226 visits for routine inspection were paid to 27 schools. 2. [a] Children newly admitted since the previous inspection. [b) Children who contemplated leaving school before December 31st, 1909. ic) The children in Standard I. (d) Children selected lor special examination by the teachers. These tour groups were inspected during the year under review. Groups (t?), (b), and (d) according tO' the requirements of the Board of Education. Group (c) was selected as a suitable age group to compare with the children at 10 years of age to be examined subsequently, and also to compare with “ entrants ” in relation to age at entry. Children are drafted from the Infants’ li)epartment to Standard I. at six years O'f age. 3. Tor the number of children inspected, classihed for age at date of inspection and for sex, see Table 2. 4. The number of children referred for subsequent or further (a) examination, or (b) observation. rhe names of children in these two classes are placed in alphabetical order on “Observation Sheets” for each school. The lists include all those referred for treatment and so indicated, and numerous others requiring either the attention of the school Nurse or medical examination. The number so listed for observation was 1,426, including the number re-examined at the schools. The number re-examined at the Health Office was 60. For treatment see Table I. 5- Th^ average time occupied by the medical inspection was ten minutes for each child, 24.
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