Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table 52.-School Health Service-Non-Routine Medical Inspections 1969
Type of Inspection | City of Westminster | Inner London Education Authority | |
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1969 | 1968 | ||
Re-inspections | 4,050 | 69,448 | 71,920 |
Bathing Centre Inspections-Scabies | - | 55 | 38 |
Bathing Centre Inspections-Other | 7 | 130 | 71 |
Employment certificates | 256 | 3,901 | 4,971 |
Theatre children | - | 442 | 293 |
School Journeys | 874 | 22,869 | 22,286 |
Recuperative holidays-pre-departure | 89 | 982 | 908 |
Recuperative holidays-on return | - | - | 8 |
Secondary school annual surveys | 395 | 681 | 1,554 |
Candidates for higher awards | - | 114 | 84 |
Nautical school entrants | - | 15 | 62 |
Outward bound courses | 9 | 138 | 125 |
Infectious disease investigation | 1 | 158 | 44 |
T.B. contacts | - | 12 | 5 |
Boarding Schools for the delicate pre-departure | 1 | 196 | 192 |
Boarding Schools for the delicate on return | 1 | 98 | 37 |
Handicapped Pupils-Statutory examination | 123 | 2,048 | 2,394 |
Handicapped Pupils-Periodic special defect examination | 23 | 5,603 | 5,782 |
Research investigations and enquiries | 4 | 168 | 46 |
Sub-Total | 1,783 | 37,610 | 38,900 |
SPECIALS-At request of: | |||
Head Teacher-Child's name entered in special book | 29 | 1,541 | 1,517 |
Head Teacher-Others | 60 | 3,297 | 3,438 |
School Nurse following health survey | 51 | 579 | 742 |
School Nurse-Others | 65 | 855 | 1,063 |
Divisional Education Officer | 34 | 772 | 759 |
District Care Organiser or Care Committee | 14 | 295 | 305 |
Parent | 48 | 1,077 | 1,160 |
School Medical Officer | 54 | 1,647 | 1,381 |
Sub-Total | 355 | 10,063 | 10,365 |
Other-Accident on School premises | - | 38 | 44 |
Boxing-Reference from schools A.B.A. | - | 25 | - |
or similar association for free travel | - | 1 | 64 |
Reference: (i) connected with remedial exercises foot classes | 35 | 126 | 59 |
(ii) by gymnast or physiotherapist | |||
Referred by hospital | - | 5 | 5 |
Referred by speech therapist | - | 3 | 3 |
Referred by general practitioner | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Miscellaneous | 8 | 177 | 251 |
Sub-Total | 44 | 377 | 431 |
Total of all Non-Routine Medical Inspections | 6,232 | 117,498 | 121,616 |