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London County Council 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
Pupils on school rolls
At the end of 1957 there was a total of 443,612 pupils on the roll of the Council's day
schools ; 313,304 children of primary and secondary school age were in attendance
at County schools and 105,069 at voluntary or assisted schools ; there were 17,133
children under five years of age in nursery schools and classes or in primary schools
and 8,106 children in day special schools.
Medical inspections Details of the medical inspections carried out in 1957, with comparable figures for the two previous years, are as follows :
| 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General medical inspections | Routine age groups | Entrants | 41,162 | 37,423 | 37,610 | |
| 7 years old | 38,161 | 34,259 | 31,459 | |||
| 11 years old | 37,290 | 34,033 | 42,923 | |||
| Leavers | 25,308 | 25,650 | 29,272 | |||
| Total | 141,921 | 131,365 | 141,264 | |||
| Nursery Other ages | 8,164 26,552 | 8,632 23,492 | 8,018 21,322 | |||
| Special schools | 2,518 | 2,450 | 2,322 | |||
| Training colleges | 177 | 156 | N/A | |||
| Secondary schools annual surveys | 13,978 | 11,811 | 11,941 | |||
| Total general inspections.. | 193,310 | 177,906 | 184,867 | |||
| Other inspections | Special inspections | " Urgents ' and ' Specials ' (a) | 24,380 | 23,256 | 20,564 | |
| Employment certificates | 4,521 | 5,377 | 4,985 | |||
| School journeys | 22,400 | 25,220 | 24,270 | |||
| Miscellaneous (b) | 6,210 | 6,549 | 6,775 | |||
| Total | 57,511 | 60,402 | 56,594 | |||
| Re- inspections | 'Nutrition cases (c) | 68,051 | 64,565 | 56,304 | ||
| ^Other | 101,278 | 96,186 | 90,060 | |||
| Total other inspections | 226,840 | 221,153 | 202,958 | |||
| Total all inspections | 420,150 | 399,059 | 387,825 | |||
NOTES :
(a) Pupils referred by parents, heads, school health visitor, care committee, etc.
(b) Handicapped pupils for their special defect; candidates for nautical school; children engaged in theatrical
employment, etc.
(c) Pupils receiving vitamin capsules on the recommendation of the school doctor.
Apart from annual surveys in secondary schools, pupils seen at general medical
inspections in 1957 formed 39 per cent. of the total on the school rolls, compared with
37 per cent . in 1956.