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Croydon 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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APPENDIX A.
MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS.
Year ended 31st December, 1950.
Table I.
MEDICAL INSPECTION OF PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
| A.—Periodic Medical Inspections. Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups: | |||
| Entrants | 3,276 | ||
| Second Age Group | 2,683 | ||
| Third Age Group | 2,319 | ||
| Total | 8,278 | ||
| Number of other Periodic Inspections (8-9 years). | 2,824 | ||
| Grand Total | 11,102 | ||
| B.—Other Inspections. Number of Special Inspections | 4,471 | ||
| Number of Re-Inspections | 6,760 | ||
| Total | 11,231 | ||
| C.—Pupils found to require Treatment. (Excluding Dental Disease and Infestation with Vermin). | |||
| Group | For defective vision (excluding squint) | For any of the other conditions recorded in Table 11 A. | Total individual pupils. |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Entrants | 18 | 549 | 565 |
| Second Age Group | 186 | 355 | 529 |
| Third Age Group | 199 | 181 | 377 |
| Total (prescribed groups) | 403 | 1085 | 1471 |
| Other Periodic Inspections | 171 | 406 | 562 |
| / Grand Total | 574 | 1491 | 2033 |