[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Grays Thurrock U.D.C.

  • Grays Thurrock (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1934
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Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Grays Thurrock U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OPEN-AIR SCHOOL. No. of places in the School .... .... 60 „ admissions during 1934 ... .... 36 ,, discharges .... .... .... 40 Admissions recommended by— School Medical Inspectors .... .... 28 Tuberculosis Officer .... .... 7 Other sources .... .... .... 1 Reasons for discharge— Returned to elementary school .... 25 Left district .... .... .... 6 Attained school-leaving age.... .... 5 Unsuitable for open-air treatment .... 3 Transferred to Convalescent Home .... 1 M. F. Average increase in height .... 2 in. 2J in. „ „ weight .... 4J lbs. 5£ lbs. Highest increase in weight .... 10 lbs. 9 lbs. The admissions during 1934 have been of very poor physical type, poorly clad and showing marked signs of debility and malnutrition. For the first two months of open-air school treatment these children make little headway, but the response after that has been remark- ably good. The average increase in weight per head over a period of about eight months has been 8^ lbs. for the girls, and 6 lbs for the boys, followed by increases of up to 3 lbs. per month. This indicates, as in previous years, that the routine of the school is based on sound lines. The increased accommodation mentioned in the 1933 Report has not yet been commenced, and it is hoped that the matter will not be deferred too long. At present, cases of the chronic type have to be discharged at intervals to make room for children who need a short “building-up” course. The former type are out of place in ordinary elementary schools, but it is obviously unfair for them to occupy for an indefinite period places which could be used to greater advantage by the latter