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Barking 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

Published
1949
Pages
36
Tables
9

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9 tables in this report

  • Page 20
    NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
    194319441945194619471948
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    TABLE I. Medical Inspection of Pupils attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools.
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    C.—PUPILS FOUND TO REQUIRE TREATMENT. Number of Individual Pupils found at Periodic Medical Inspection to Require Treatment (excluding Dental Diseases and Infestation with Vermin).
    GroupFor defective vision (excluding squint)For any of the other conditions recorded in Table IIA.Total individual pupils
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
  • Page 27
    TABLE II. A.—RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION.
    Defect Code No.Defect or DiseasePeriodic InspectionsSpecial Inspections
    No. of defectsNo. of defects
    Requiring treatmentRequiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatmentRequiring treatmentRequiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 28
    TABLE II. B.—CLASSIFICATION OF THE GENERAL CONDITION OF PUPILS INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE AGE GROUPS.
    Age GroupsNumber of Pupils InspectedA. × (Good)B. + (Fair)C. - (Poor)
    No.% of col. 2No.% of col. 2No.% of col. 2
  • Page 28
    TABLE III. Treatment Tables. GROUP I.—MINOR AILMENTS (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table V)
    (a)Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
    Skin—
    Ringworm—Scalp—
  • Page 29
    GROUP II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Eye Disease treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.)
    No. of defects dealt with.
  • Page 30
    TABLE IV. Dental Inspection and Treatment.
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    TABLE V. Infestation with Vermin.