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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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PART I.
Medical Inspection of Pupils Attending Maintained and
Assisted Primary and Secondary Schools.
Number of pupils on registers of maintained and
assisted primary and secondary schools (including
nursery and special schools) in January,
1959 12,137
A.— Periodic Medical Inspections.
| Age Groups Inspected (By years of birth) | Number of Pupils Inspected | Physical Condition of Pupils Inspected | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | ||||
| No. | % of Col. (2) | No. | % of Col. (2) | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
| 1954 & later | 37 | 37 | 100 | – | – |
| 1953 | 451 | 444 | 98.5 | 7 | 1.5 |
| 1952 | 612 | 606 | 99 | 6 | 1 |
| 1951 | 83 | 81 | 97.6 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 1950 | 645 | 642 | 99.5 | 3 | .5 |
| 1949 | 433 | 431 | 99.5 | 2 | .5 |
| 1948 | 66 | 66 | 100 | – | – |
| 1947 | 748 | 742 | 99.2 | 6 | .8 |
| 1946 | 370 | 368 | 99.5 | 2 | .5 |
| 1945 | 186 | 186 | 100 | – | – |
| 1944 | 37 | 37 | 100 | – | – |
| 1943 & earlier | 1055 | 1048 | 99.3 | 7 | .7 |
| Total | 4723 | 4688 | 99.3 | 35 | .7 |