[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1939
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![by the Health Nurses, 544 eliildren (271 l)oys aiul 272 j^urls) were eventually ])asse(l as iiiedic'ally lit and etteiided the eaiuj) at Dysertli. near Prestatyn. Two Healtli Nurses were in attendauee at the girls’ cani}) for tlu' purpose of giving tirst-aid oi- carrying out any nercssary treatnient for niinor ailments. Yaccination.— In the ordiuaiw inspections (diihh'cm were* (*xamined ns to vaccinaiion niju’ks. Of tlie (),(i22 (diildi'cn examined 2001 f 33.17%) si lowed no marks. 2027 (48.52%) showed OIK' mark. ( r,.(;o%) showed two marks. 82 ( 1.30%) showed lliree marks. 070 (Il.‘i0%) showed lour fir iimre maiks. Height and weight.— Pelriw is set out tlie avei-age heights and vveiglits (measured without footw(\‘u-) of (duhh'cu com])rising tlie groups exauuued during the course of I’outiue inspecti(ms. together with the standard deviations : Group Height liriys (Jills No. Ft. S.I). Ins. Ins. No. Ft. Ins S.IJ. Ins Entrants 441 3 6-46 2-84 ; 392 3 6-21 2-46 2nd Age Group 9S0 4 1-04 2-58 1018 4 1-01 2-.58 3rd Age Group ... 772 4 8-6.5 2-73 70-2 4 , 9-38 3 -20 4th Age Group .. 728 4 1 1-33 3-4.5 627 5 : 0-14 1 3-31 Group Weiglit Boys (Jills No. St. Lbs. S.J). Lbs. No. ; St-1 Lbs. S.D. l.b.s. Entrants 448 3 0-62 7) *0 7) 1 401 2 ' 13-43 6-00 2nd Age Group 994 3 14-40 7-10 1024 3 I 13-11 7-62 3rd Age Group 779 j, 8 •72 11-26 710 5 11-53 13-53 4th Ase Group 730 6 6 '72 15-52 6-28 6 1 10-93 15-27 Classes for stammering children.—In addition to the quarterly visits paid to these classes by the Assistant iMedical Officers, one examination was made, covering a total of 60 children, with a view to admission to or withdrawal from these classes.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927333_0048.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
