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Wood Green 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]

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APPENDIX.

Table: MEDICAL STATISTICAL TABLES, 1939.TABLE I.MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

MEDICAL STATISTICAL TABLES, 1939.

TABLE I.

MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

A.—Routine Medical Inspections.
Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:—
Entrants539
Second Age Group628
Third Age Group429
Total1,596
Number of other Routine Inspections429
Grand Total2,025
B.—Other Inspections.
Number of Special Inspections and Re-inspections1,626

Table: TABLE II.— Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected During the Year in the Routine Age Groups.

TABLE II.— Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected During the Year in the Routine Age Groups.

Age GroupsNumber of Children InspectedABCD
(Excellent)(Normal)(Slightly subnormal)(Bad)
No.%No.%No.%No.%
Entrants53913725.634463.85710.510.2
Second Age Group62815925.038461.18310.320.3
Third Age Group42914934.724757.5327.410.2
Other Routine Inspections42916538.523655.0286.5——
Total202561030.1121159.82009.840.2

Table: TABLE III.RETURN OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA. Blind Children.

TABLE III.

RETURN OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA. Blind Children.

Name.Age.Address.At a Public Elementary School.At another Institution.At no School or Institution.
S. P.15 yrs.N.22—Yes—