[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough.

  • Llanelli (Wales). Borough Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No opportunity was available for the special medical examination in the schools of children who had formerly been inspected as routine cases and found to have defects. Inspection Clinic. —This Clinic is open weekly on the forenoon of Tuesday for the examination of children referred by head teachers, attendance officers and parents. The total number of children who attended during the year was 244, exclusive of 403 children, who were examined in regard to their fitness to attend the School Camp. The number of re-inspections was 244. The average number of children who attended the Clinic was 12. REVIEW OF FACTS DISCLOSED BY MEDICAL INSPECTION. Height and Weight.—The tables appended give the number of children at each year of age, and the average height and weight. The heights are given in inches and centimetres, and the weights in pounds and kilograms. HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS. Boys. Age No. Heigh ts (average). Weight.' (average). Inches. Centimetres. Pounds. Kilograms. 3 16 36.00 91.44 33.68 15.29 4 174 39.27 99.74 36.30 16.48 5 154 41 27 104.82 38.78 17.60 6 56 43.48 110.43 41.70 18.93 7 7 45.92 116.63 44.21 20.07 8 311 47.89 121.64 53.36 24.22 9 137 49.17 124.S9 56.77 25.77 10 8 51.40 130.55 63.06 28.62 11 4 53.43 135.71 74.50 33.82 12 142 54.98 139.64 73.75 33.48 13 30 57.01 144.80 81.93 37.19 14 1 61.50 156.21 98.00 44.49