London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Croydon 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TABLE B. - PUPILS FOUND TO REQUIRE TREATMENT AT PERIODIC MEDICAL
INSPECTIONS, (excluding Dental Diseases and Infestation
with Vermin).
Age Groups
Inspected
(By year of birth)
For defective
rision
(excluding squint)
For any of the
other conditions
recorded in Part II
Total individual
pupils
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
1956 and later
-
8
8
1955
69
149
203
1954
23
111
129
1953
19
56
72
1952
45
97
131
1951
57
81
132
1950
27
42
68
1949
48
84
127
1948
100
114
211
1947
45
63
106
1946
52
52
100
1945 and earlier
80
59
137
TOTAL
565
908
1, 424
TABLE C. - OTHER INSPECTIONS
Number of Special Inspections 1,369
Number of Re-inspections 2,261
Total 3,630
TABLE D. - INFESTATION WITH VERMIN
(a) Total number of individual examinations of
pupils in schools by school nurses or
other authorised persons 55,885
(b) Total number of individual pupils found to
be infested 358
(c) Number of individual pupils in respect of
whom cleansing notices were issued (Section
54(2), Education Act, 1944)
(d) Number of individual pupils in respect of
whom cleansing orders were issued (Section
54(3), Education Act, 1944)