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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 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: MEDICAL INSPECTION IN SCHOOLSThe system of routine medical inspection is as follows:-Primary and Modern Secondary Schools

MEDICAL INSPECTION IN SCHOOLS

The system of routine medical inspection is as follows:-

Primary and Modern Secondary Schools

(l) Entrantsi.e.,Children admitted for the first time to a maintained school and not already examined as Entrants, i. e. normally between 5 and 6 years
(2) 8-Year-old. Groupi.e.,Children in their second year in a Junior School, unless previously examined in the Junior School.
(3) Entrants to Secondary Schooli.e.,Children in their first year in a Secondary School who have not already been examined as Primary Leavers.
(4J Final Leaversi.e.,Children in their last year of attendance at a Maintained Secondary School who have not been medically examined in that year.
(5) Special Casesi.e.,Children of other ages with possible defects and whom the Head Teacher and parents wish the Medical Officer to see at his next visit.

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A total of 12,798 children were examined as compared with
12,806 in 1963, and 6,696 parents attended the examinations.
The total percentage of parents attending was 52.3 against
49.0 last year. (See Appendix B, Table VIII)
549 special inspections and 547 re-inspections of children
were carried out.