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
Croydon 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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MEDICAL INSPECTION IN SCHOOLS.
The system of routine medical inspection is now as follows— A. Primary and Modern Secondary Schools.
| (1) Entrants i.e., | Children admitted for the first time to a Maintained School. |
| (2) 8-year-old i.e., Group | Children who had attained their 8th birthday at the opening date of the Term but have not yet reached their 9th birthday and who have not been medically examined at the age 8 years. |
| (3) Primary i.e., Leavers | Children in their last year of attendance in a Maintained Primary School and who have not been medically examined in that year. |
| (4) Leavers i.e., (Final) | Children in their last year of attendance in a Maintained Secondary School who have not been medically examined in that year. |
| (5) Special Cases i.e., (if any) | Children of other ages who are apparently defective and whom the Head Teacher and parents wish the Medical Officer to see at his next visit. |
A total of 11,747 children were examined as compared with
8,511 in 1948, and 7,457 parents attended the examinations. The
percentage attendance of parents in the Entrants' group was for
boys 86.6 per cent., and girls 84.6 per cent.; in the Intermediate
group, boys 59.1 per cent., girls 74.5 per cent.; in the Leavers'
group, boys 12.8 per cent., girls 42.6 per cent.; and in the Other
Ages group, boys 69.7 per cent., girls 71.9 per cent.
The total percentage of parents attending was 6-3.5 as against
67.2 last year.
683 specials and 1,284 re-inspections of children were carried
out.