London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Bexley 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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TABLE I.
Medical Inspection of Pupils Attending Maintained
Primary and Secondary Schools.
| A. — Periodic Medical Inspections. | |
| Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups. | |
| Entrants | 1,264 |
| Second Age Group | 1,023 |
| Third Age Group | 755 |
| Total | 3,042 |
| Number of other Periodic Inspections | 1,103 |
| Grand Total | 4,145 |
| B. — Other Inspections. | |
| Number of Special Inspections | 2,230 |
| Number of Re-Inspections | 1,774 |
| Total | 4,004 |
C. — Pupils Found to Require Treatment at Periodic Medical Inspections.
| Group (1) | For defective vision (excluding squint) (2) | For any of the other conditions recorded in Table IIA (3) | Total individual pupils (4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | 7 | 245 | 250 |
| Second Age Group | 77 | 201 | 274 |
| Third Age Group | 83 | 159 | 222 |
| Total (prescribed groups) | 167 | 605 | 746 |
| Other Periodic Inspections | 73 | 205 | 260 |
| Grand Total | 240 | 810 | 1,006 |