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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

Beckenham 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS, 1938
TABLE I.
Medical Inspection of Children attending
Public Elementary Schools.
,4.—Routine Medical Inspections.
Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:—
Entrants 863
Second Age Group 651
Third Age Group 476
Total 1,990
Number of other Routine Inspections 30
Grand Total 2,020
B.—Other Inspections.
Number of Special Inspections 1,100
Number of Re-Inspections 3,421
Total 4,521

Table: C.—Children Found to Require TreatmentNumber of individual childrenfound atRoutineMedical Inspection to require treatment (excluding Defects of Nutrition, Un-cleanliness and Dental Diseases).

C.—Children Found to Require Treatment

Number of individual childrenfound atRoutineMedical Inspection to require treatment (excluding Defects of Nutrition, Un-cleanliness and Dental Diseases).

Group.For defective vision (excluding squint).For all other conditions recorded in Table IIA.Total.
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Entrants36264
Second Age Group365892
Third Age Group273862
Total (Prescribed Groups)66158218
Other Routine Inspections2810
Grand Total68166228