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Croydon 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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APPENDIX A.
MEDICAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT RETURNS.
Year Ended 31st December, 1946.
TABLE I.
MEDICAL INSPECTION OF CHILDREN ATTENDING
MAINTAINED SCHOOLS.
A.- Routine Medical Inspections.
(1) Number of Inspections:
Entrants 3,693
Second Age Group 954
Third Age Group 2,296
Total 6,943
(2) Number of other Routine Inspections 134
Grand Total 7,077
B,—Other Inspections.
Number of Special Inspections and
Re-Inspections 18,166
TABLE II.
Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected During the Year in the Routine Age Group.
| Number of Children Inspected | A. (Excellent) | B. (Normal) | c. (Slightly subnormal) | d. (Bad) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| 7077 | 741 | 10.5 | 5554 | 78.5 | 767 | 10.8 | 15 | 0.2 |
TABLE III.
Group I.—Treatment of Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness).
Total Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the
year under the Authority's Scheme 2846
Group II.—Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint.
| Under the Authority's Scheme | |
|---|---|
| ERRORS OF REFRACTION (including squint) | 1583 |
| Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | — |
| Total | 1583 |
| No. of Children for whom spectacles were (a) Prescribed | 1245 |
| (b) Obtained | 1334 |