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Barking 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE.
MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS
Year ended 31st December, 1950.

TABLE I

Medical Inspection of Pupils attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools.

(Including Special Schools.)

A.—PERIODIC MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:
Entrants1,086
Second Age Group788
Third Age Group1,156
Total3,030
Number of other Periodic Inspections5,258
Grand Total8,288
B.—OTHER INSPECTIONS
Number of Special Inspections11,917
Number of Re-Inspections12,321
Total24,238

C.—PUPILS FOUND TO REQUIRE TREATMENT.

Number of Individual Pupils found at Periodic Medical Inspection to Require Treatment (excluding Dental Diseases and Infestation with Vermin).

GroupFor defective vision (excluding squint)For any of the other conditions recorded in Table IIA.Total individual pupils
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Entrants9148156
Second Age Group30108126
Third Age Group6098152
Total (prescribed groups)99354434
Other Periodic Inspections214723854
Grand Total3131,0771,288

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