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 1955
[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 | 1,110 |
| Second Age Group | 1,224 |
| Third Age Group | 793 |
| Total | 3,127 |
| Number of other Periodic Inspections | 1,876 |
| Grand Total | 5,003 |
| B. — Other Inspections. | |
| Number of Special Inspections | 1,792 |
| Number of Re-Inspections | 3,500 |
| Total | 5,292 |
C. — Pupils Found to Require Treatment.
Number of Individual Pupils found at Periodic Medical Inspection to require Treatment:
| Group | For defective vision (excluding squint) | For any of the other conditions recorded in Table IIA | Total Individual pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Entrants | 48 | 170 | 182 |
| Second Age Group | 116 | 237 | 299 |
| Third Age Group | 68 | 126 | 174 |
| Total (prescribed groups) | 232 | 533 | 655 |
| Other Periodc Inspections | 190 | 283 | 396 |
| Grand Total | 422 | 816 | 1051 |