London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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PART IV STATISTICAL RETURNS
APPENDIX A
STATUTORY TABLES
Number of pupils on registers of maintained
primary and secondary schools (including
nursery and special schools) in January 1972
as in Forms 7, 7M, and 11 Schools 55,886
PART 1. - MEDICAL INSPECTION OF PUPILS ATTENDING
MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
SCHOOLS (INCLUDING NURSERY AND SPECIAL
SCHOOLS)
TABLE A - PERIODIC MEDICAL INSPECTIONS
| Age Groups Inspected | No. of Pupils | PHYSICAL CONDITION OF PUPILS INSPECTED | Pupils found to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | for defective vision (excluding squint | for any other condition recorded at Part II | Total individual pupils | ||
| No. | No. | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) |
| 1967 and later | 349 | 349 | - | 7 | 47 | 53 |
| 1966 | 3.252 | 3,244 | 8 | 140 | 451 | 551 |
| 1965 | 1.815 | 1.815 | - | 88 | 334 | 386 |
| 1964 | 250 | 250 | - | 8 | 45 | 50 |
| 1963 | 2.548 | 2.547 | 1 | 202 | 421 | 569 |
| 1962 | 1.982 | 1.982 | - | 180 | 318 | 456 |
| 1961 | 760 | 759 | 1 | 78 | 108 | 165 |
| 1960 | 615 | 615 | - | 82 | 122 | 184 |
| 1959 | 2.139 | 2.139 | - | 235 | 362 | 548 |
| 1958 | 1,526 | 1.526 | - | 176 | 239 | 384 |
| 1957 | 1,209 | 1.209 | - | 146 | 234 | 345 |
| 1956 and earlier | 1,735 | 1.735 | - | 281 | 335 | 564 |
| 18,180 | 18,170 | 10 | 1,623 | 3.016 | 4.255 | |
Column (3) total as a Column (4) total as a
percentage of Column (2) percentage of Column (2)
total 99.94% total 0.06%