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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
Bromley 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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MEDICAL INSPECTION OF PUPILS ATTENDING
MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
(INCLUDING NURSERY AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS)
TABLE A—PERIODIC MEDICAL INSPECTIONS
| Age Groups inspected (By year of Birth) | No. of Pupils who have received a full medical examination | Physical of Pupils | Condition Inspected | No. of Pupils found not to warrant a medical examination | Pupils found to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| for defective vision (excluding squint) | for any other condition recorded at Part II | Total individual pupils | |||||
| Satisfactory No. | Unsatisfactory No. | ||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) |
| 1967 and later | 47 | 47 | — | — | — | 4 | 4 |
| 1966 | 1,914 | 1,914 | — | — | 79 | 205 | 270 |
| 1965 | 3,169 | 3,169 | — | — | 132 | 286 | 401 |
| 1964 | 193 | 193 | — | — | 3 | 25 | 27 |
| 1963 | 47 | 47 | — | 2,719* | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 1962 | 25 | 25 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 1961 | 963 | 963 | — | — | 51 | 76 | 126 |
| 1960 | 1,838 | 1,838 | — | — | 126 | 189 | 299 |
| 1959 | 20 | 20 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1958 | 11 | 11 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| 1957 | 3,181 | 3,181 | — | — | 175 | 187 | 351 |
| 1956 and earlier | 124 | 124 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 11,532 | 11,532 | — | 2,719* | 571 | 988 | 1,498 |
The physical condition of all the children inspected was
satisfactory.
Tests of Vision and Hearing only at age of eight years.
102 Pupils referred for treatment because of Visual Defect.
36 Pupils referred for treatment because of Hearing Defect.
| Number of Special Inspections | 1,801 |
| Number of Re-inspections | 2,465 |
| 4,266 |