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Hendon 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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MINISTRY OP EDUCATION.
MEDICAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT RETURNS
YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1945.

Table: TABLE IMEDICAL INSPECTIONS OP PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED PRIMARY ANDSECONDARY SCHOOLS.

TABLE I

MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OP PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND

SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

A. ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
(l) No. of Inspections:
Entrants1696
Second Age Croup1325
Third Age Group2722
TOTAL5743
(2) No. of other Routine Inspections530
GRAND TOTAL6273
B. OTHER INSPECTIONS.
No. of Special Inspections and Re-inspections.6071

Table: TABLE IICLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF PUPILS INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR INTHE ROUTINE AGE GROUPS.

TABLE II

CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF PUPILS INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN

THE ROUTINE AGE GROUPS.

Number of Pupils InspectedA (Excellent)B (Normal)C (Slightly sub-normal)D (Bad)
No.%No.%No.%No.%
6273166026.46396563.2163010.0418.29

Table: TABLE III

TABLE III

GROUPI. - TREATMENT OP MINOR AILMENTS (Excluding uncleanliness)
Total Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year under the Authority's Scheme4035
GROUPII. - TREATMENT OP DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT.Under Authority's Scheme
Errors of Refraction (including squint)1055
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.)48
Total1103
No. of pupils for whom spectacles were
(a) Prescribed478.(b) Obtained446
GROUPIII. - TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT.Under Authority's Scheme
Received operative treatment24
Received other forms of Treatment501
Total number treated525