[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham Borough.

  • Cheltenham (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS OF CHILDREN INSPECTED. 1920. AVERAGE HEIGHT IN INCHES. Age Groups 5—6 years. 8—9 years. 12 and over. No. Height. No. Height. No. Height. Boys 316 40.66 326 46.64 298 53.14 Girls 309 40.64 321 47.29 290 54.11 AVERAGE WEIGHT IN POUNDS. Age Groups 5—6 years. 8—9 years. 12 and over. No. Weight. No. Weight. No. Weight. Boys 316 39.5 326 49.12 298 68.8 Girls ... 309 39.3 321 49.38 290 70.03 General Arrangements for Treatment of Disease and Physical Defects Found in School Children. As reported in previous reports a very good arrangement has been made in Cheltenham for treating school children. Practically any ailment can be referred to some source for treatment. Our local hospitals are very assisting, and by these I mean the General Hospital with its special departments, the Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, the Children’s Hospital, and the Isolation Hospital. The County System for treatment of Tuberculosis is available and utilized by the School Medical Department, there being a Tuberculosis Dispensary in the town where, any week, children can be received for more careful diagnosis and treatment. The object of the visits made to homes by tlie nurses is to see that treatment is obtained for defects -discovered. Our Minor Clinic is busily employed in treating those skin affections and minor ailments that for the greater part lie outside the practise of the private doctor, and require handling and dressing by a nurse. The Dental Clinic deals with defective teeth in accordance with the limit of time imposed upon the Municipal Dentist. Taking all means together a very considerable amount of treatment is being afforded to our school children for the constant bettering of their defects.