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Hornsey 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE I.
MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OP CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
| Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups— (see note b). Entrants | 908 |
| Second Age Group | 1,237 |
| Third Age Group | 437 |
| Total | 2,582 |
| Number of other Routine Inspections (see note c). | 149 |
| Grand Total | 2,731 |
| (b)—Other Inspections. | |
| Number of Special Inspections | 1,879 |
| Number of Re-Inspections (see note e). | 3,674 |
| Total | 5,553 |
(c)—Children Found to Require Treatment.
Number of individual children found at Routine Medical Inspection to
Require Treatment (excluding Defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and
Dental Diseases).
Notes.—(1) Children found at Routine Medical Inspection to require
treatment for a defect should not be excluded from this return by reason
of the fact that thev are already under treatment for that defect.
(2) No Individual child should be counted more than once in any column of this Table; for example, a child suffering from defective vision and from adenoids should appear once in Column 2, once in Column 3 and
| Prescribed Groups : (1) | Defective Vision excluding Squint. (2) | All other conditions recorded in Table 2a. (3) | Total. (4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | 9 | 21 | 30 |
| Second Age Group | 71 | 35 | 106 |
| Third Age Group | 19 | 10 | 29 |
| Total (Prescribed Grouns) | 99 | 66 | 165 |
| Other Routine Inspections | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Grand Total | 107 | 67 | 174 |