[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon].
- Hendon (London, England). Municipal Borough.
- Date:
- [1942]
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![15. that her standard of what should be regarded as normal or slightly sub-normal had not materially varied. These results arc shown in Table XIII and it will be seen that they approximate to those returned by the Assistant School Medical Officers as a whole. TABLE XII No. of Children Inspected A (Excellent) B (Normal) C Slightly sub-normal) D (Bad) No. % No. % No. % No. % 1938 4510 294 6.52 3687 81.75 483 10.71 46 1.02 l939 2798 203 7.26 2226 79.56 514 11.22 . 55 1.96 1940 4675 582 12.45 2881 61.63 1156 24.73 56 1.19 1941 5463 938 17.17 3824 70.00 696 12.74 5 0.09 TABLE XIII #]No. of Children Inspected A Excellent) B (Normal) C (Slightly sub-normal) D (Bad) No. % No.. % No. % No. % 1938 1426 139 9.75 1125 78.89 152 10.66 10 0.70 1939 1077 142 13.18 816 75.77 115 10.68 4 0.37 1940 1710 299 17.48 1020 59.65 381 22.28 10 0.59 l941 1384 311 22.47 893 64.52 178 12.86 2 0.15 The Scheme for the provision of milk in schools was continued and in the case of children found to be suffering from sub-nutrition was supplemented by the provision of cod liver oil and other foods of a high vitamin and protein content. During the year a scheme was inaugurated for the provision of a hot mid-day meal for children attending the public elementary schools and this, if extensively used, will I feel certain make a very valuable contribution towards the physical well being of the children.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b19791811_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
