London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Barking 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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TABLE II (Contd.)

B.—CLASSIFICATION OF THE GENERAL CONDITION OF PUPILS INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE AGE GROUPS.

Age GroupsNumber of Pupils InspectedA (Good)B (Fair)C (Poor)
No.%of Col. (2)No.% of Col. (2)No.% of Col. (2)
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
Entrants1,08671465.7537034.072.18
Second Age Groups78836846.741452.546.76
Third Age Groups1,15649642.9165656.754.34
Other Periodic Inspections5,2582,42546.132,79753.236.67
Totals8,2884,00348.34,23751.1248.58

TABLE III

Infestation with Vermin.

(i) Total number of examinations in the schools by School Nurses or other authorised persons22,652
(ii) Number of individual pupils found to be infested684
(iii) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued344
(iv) Number of individual pupils cleansed93

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