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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

Barking 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1957

SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1957

Total (All Schools)
1. MEDICAL INSPECTION OF PUPILS
(a) PERIODIC
Number of children examined at school:—
(i) Entrants968
(ii) Second age group1,299
(iii) Third age group1,016
(iv) Others3,243
Total6,526
Number of defects found requiring treatment844
Number of defects found requiring observation460
Number of individual pupils found to require treatment802
Nutritional classification of pupils examined:—
Entrants2nd Age Group3re Age GroupOther
Satisfactory9651,2991,0143,2426,520
Unsatisfactory3—216
(b) SPECIAL
Number children specially examined (including medical examinations for School Camps, Boxing and Part-time Employment)10,415
Number of defects found requiring treatment7,059
Number of defects found requiring observation258
(c) RE-INSPECTION
Number of children re-inspected9,358
2 treatment of children
(a) Total attendances at Specialists' Clinics:—
(i) Ear, Nose and Throat656
(ii) Ophthalmic2,700
(iii) Orthopaedic77
(iv) Paediatric342
(v) Skin727
(b) Total attendances at Treatment Clinics:—
(i) Minor Ailment23,593
(ii) Chiropody802
(iii) Orthopaedic4,241
(iv) Orthoptic1,578
(v) Speech Therapy2,240
(vi) Skin3,901
(c) Number of children who received operative treatment for tonsils and adenoids177
3. HOME VISITING
Total number of visits made by School Nurses2,426

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