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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
Croydon 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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MEDICAL INSPECTION IN SCHOOLS
The system of routine medical inspection is now as follows:-A. Primary and Modern Secondary Schools.
| i.e., Children admitted for the first time to a Maintained School. | |
| (2) 8-year-old. Group | i.e., Children who had attained their 8th birthday at the opening date of the Term but have not yet reached their 9th birthday and who have not been medically examined at the age of 8 years. |
| (3) Primary Leavers | i.e., Children in their last year of attendance in a Maintained Primary School and who have not been medically examined in that year. |
| (4) Leavers (Final) | i.e., Children in their last year of attendance in a Maintained Secondary School who have not been medically examined in that year. |
| (5) Special Cases (if any) | i.e., Children of other ages who are apparently defective and whom the Head Teacher and parents wish the Medical Officer to see at his next visit. |
A total of 13,796 children were examined as compared with
13,257 in 1953, and 9,495 parents attended the examinations. The
percentage attendance of parents in the Entrants' group was for
boys 89.3 per cent, and girls 91.2 per cent.; in the Intermediate
group, boys 64.7 per cent., girls 73.2 per cent.; in the Leavers'
group, boys 13.5 per cent., girls 34.6 per cent.; and in the
Other Ages group, boys 71.3 per cent., girls 81.2 per cent
The total percentage of parents attending was 68.8 as against
69.0 last year.
708 specials and 766 re-inspections of children were carried
out.