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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Bexley 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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Table: TABLE 1.Medical Inspection of Pupils Attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools.A. — Periodic Medical Inspections.

TABLE 1.

Medical Inspection of Pupils Attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools.

A. — Periodic Medical Inspections.

Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups :
Entrants1,193
Second Age Group1,120
Third Age Group832
Total3,145
Number of other Periodic Inspections2,158
Grand Total5,303

Table: B. — Other Inspections.

B. — Other Inspections.

Number of Special Inspections5,157
Number of Re-inspections5,011
Total10,168

Table: C. — Pupils Found to Require Treatment at Periodic Medical Inspections.

C. — Pupils Found to Require Treatment at Periodic Medical Inspections.

GroupFor defective vision (excluding squint)For any of the other conditions recorded in Table IIATotal individual pupils
(l)(2)(3)(4)
Entrants34694453
Second Age Group62557430
Third Age Group82660415
Total (prescribed groups)1781,9111,298
Other Periodic Inspections2291,5621,016
Grand Total4073,4732 314