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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

Tottenham 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE STATISTICS FOR 19 52
TABLE 12 - Periodic Medical Inspection
Other inspections
Periodic Medical Inspections
Second Third Other Soecial
Entrants Age Age Total Periodic Inspections Rerinspections
Group Group Inspections
3533 2248 2319 8100 3413 5515 6239

Table: TABLE 13 - Classification of the General Condition of Pupils

TABLE 13 - Classification of the General Condition of Pupils

Age GroupsNo of pupils inspectedA (Good)B (Fair)C (Poor)
No.%No,%No.%
Entrants3533119533.8229464.9441.3
Second Age Group224872632.3147865.8441.9
Third Age Group231973731.8155967.2231.0
Other periodic inspections3413102530.0232968.3591.7
Total11513368331 9766066.61701.5

Table: Table 14 - Defects found by Medical Inspection

Table 14 - Defects found by Medical Inspection

Defect or DiseasePeriodic InspectionsSpecial Inspections
No of defectsNo, of defects
1212
Skin1303578210
ISyes a. Vision4102192334
b. Squint6718324
c. Other46343609
Ears a. Hearing2322701
b, Otitis Media123044-
c. Other1736238f
Nose and Throat1562372463
Speech3034343
Cervical Glands1483582
Heart and Circulation2279312
Lungs511062484
Developmental
a. Hernia492-
b. Other12221-
Orthopaedic-
a. Posture50100213
b. Plat Foot9567251
c. Other1961112439
Nervous System-
a. Epilepsy253-
b. Other1622333
Psychological-
a. Development130841
b. Stability8629213
Other207238239039

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1- Requiring treatment, 2, Requiring to be kept under
observation but not requiring
treatment