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 1949
[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: | |
| Entrants | 1,713 |
| Second Age Group | 1,050 |
| Third Age Group | 1,235 |
| Total | 3,998 |
| Number of other Periodic Inspections | 1,532 |
| Grand Total | 5,530 |
| B. — Other Inspections. | |
| Number of Special Inspections | 4,987 |
| Number of Re-inspections | 4,722 |
| Total | 9,709 |
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 | 18 | 304 | 269 |
| Second Age Group | 68 | 156 | 192 |
| Third Age Group | 105 | 338 | 367 |
| Total (prescribed groups) | 191 | 798 | 828 |
| Other Periodic Inspections | 94 | 223 | 279 |
| Grand Total | 285 | 1,021 | 1,107 |