[Report 1916] / Medical Officer of Health, Chadderton U.D.C.
- Chadderton (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1916
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1916] / Medical Officer of Health, Chadderton U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![have been taken to iini:>rove the defective condition. If still nntreated, she further urges the necessity of obtaining ];roller treatment. A large number of these children attend at the Clinic for treatment, and consequently fewer home visits are iieGessary. Medical inspection does to some extent in several Schools disturb the School arrangements. No complaint was made during the year. The number of visits paid to Schools and Departments during the year by the School Medical Officer was 69 for medical inspections and 42 for other purposes, e.g. : making enquiries and examining the children in classes in which infectious disease has occurred, cleanliness of the school premises, &c. The children selected for examination have been Entrants, Intermediates (8 years), and those over 12 years of age. Owing to the absence of one of the Nurses all the Intermediates could not be examined. A few at other ages iiave also been examined. The following table gives the number of children in- spected, classified for age at date of insi:)ection and sex : —](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29095839_0027.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)