[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Dover Town and Port.

  • Dover (England). Town and Port Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Dover Town and Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Five hundred and thirty-three or 52% of the children who received medical treatment, and 992 or 53% of those who had dental treatment, did so under the free section of the Authority’s scheme. 9. Open-air Education. (a) Playground Classes : These are held at the schools at regular intervals, when the equipment permits. (b) School Journeys. (c) School Camps. (d) Open-Air Classrooms in Elementary Schools : All the classrooms in the new school in Astor Avenue. (e) Day Open-Air Schools : Proposals for a day open-air school are part of the Authority’s programme. (/) Residential Open-Air Schools. There are no local arrangements at present under the head- ings (b), (c) and (/). 10. Physical Training. Arrangments have been effected with the Kent Education Committee whereby the services of their Organisers are avail- able in the Borough. 11. Provision of Meals (a) Nutrition : Medical Examination :— At the request of the Education Committee, a special examina- tion of children put forward by the Head Teacher on account of malnutrition was held in July. This is the third annual survey of children considered by the Head Teachers to be suffering from malnutrition which has been held since the Authority’s milk scheme was introduced in 1935. The following table shows the result of the medical Examinations :— Year. No. of Children Examined. Classification. Recommended for Milk. Total recom- mended for milk. A B C D B C D 1935 178 7 54 104 13 1 104 13 118 1930 42 -—- 19 23 — 1 23 — 24 1937 181 8 90 77 — 17 77 — 94 T OT AL 401 15 109 204 13 19 204 13 236