London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Bexley 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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TABLE 1.

Medical Inspection of Pupils Attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools.

A. — Periodic Medical Inspections.
Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:
Entrants1,211
Second Age Group847
Third Age Group948
Total3,006
Number of other Periodic Inspections967
Grand Total3,973
B. — Other Inspections.
Number of Special Inspections4,097
Number of Re-Inspections4,488
Total8,585

C. — Pupils Found to Require Treatment at Periodic Medical Inspections.

GroupFor defective vision (excluding squint)For any of the other conditions recorded in Table IIATotal individual pupils
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Entrants7215218
Second Age Group5397141
Third Age Group60130177
Total (prescribed groups)120442536
Other Periodic Inspections82147213
Grand Total202589749