[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon].
- Hendon (London, England). Municipal Borough.
- Date:
- [1943]
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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![20.. TABLE.XIV Number of attendances of Children for Treatment at Health Centres Public Elementary Schools Secondary Schools Total Minor Ailments 26,320 26,520 Dental 11,195 2152 13,347 Ophthalmic 2,198 401 2,599 Speech 1,313 40 1,353 Orthoptic 2,253 134 2,392 Orthopaedic 3,411 195 3,606 SECONDLY SCHOOLS An,analysis was also made of the nutritional standard of tho children attending the Secondary Schools, with the following results:- Table XV. No. of Children Inspected A (Excollent) B (Normal) C (Slightly sub-normal) D (Bad) No. % No. % No. %| No. %[#/##] 1941 1306 392 30,02 847 64.8 5 67 5.13 - - 1942 1338 L , ... 393 29. 37 884 66.07 60 4.49 1 < 0.07 The Dental services, however, as far as the school children wore concerned, were not so well maintained as in the previous year, despite the fact that arrangements were made for numbers of the Secondary School children to be treated at evening sessions. The falling off in this work was mainly due to an increase in the Maternity and Child Welfare Services, particularly in the dental work for expectant mothers, the numbers of women attending having markedly increased. At least one further full time Dental Officer could have been usefully employed. The number of Orthopaedic Surgeon's sessions had to be reduced from 2 to 1 per month, owing to the Surgical personnel being no longer available. To reduce congestion, at the sessions, a scheme was instituted whereby suitable cases were referred directly by the Assistant Medical Officers to the Orthopaedic Nurse for treatment, only those who failed to respond, or who had defects demanding the attention of the Orthopaedic Surgeon, being referred to him,although as far as possible, all cases under treatment were seen by the Orthopaedic Surgeon at regular intervals. In addition, a scheme was evolved with the assistance of the Physical Training Instructors, whereby children who had developed minor postural defccts were referred directly to the Instructors, so that the child could have the benefit of](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b19791823_0022.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
