§ Mr. Lyonsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he will give the number of school children medically examined in the city of Leicester at the latest convenient date; the number of medical examiners then employed; and the number of children then found to need medical treatment?
Mr. LindsayDuring the year ended 31st December, 1938, 12,331 public elementary school children in the city of Leicester were examined at routine medical inspections, and 19,076 at special inspections. There were also 25,402 re-inspections.
The number of children found at routine medical inspections to require treatment for defects other than defects of nutrition, uncleanliness and dental diseases was 1,886. Information is not available to show the number of children found to require treatment at special inspections, but 11,987 defects requiring treatment were found.
On 31st December, 1938, nine medical officers (giving the equivalent of six whole-time officers) were employed by the local education authority in the work of medical inspection and treatment.