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Croydon 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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STATUTORY TABLES
APPENDIX A.
MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS
Year ended 31st December, 1964
Number of pupils on registers of maintained
primary and secondary schools (including
nursery and special schools) in January,
1965, as in Forms 7, 7M., 8B and 11 Schools. 37,417
PART 1.- MEDICAL INSPECTION OF PUPILS ATTENDING
MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
SCHOOLS (INCLUDING NURSERY AND SPECIAL
SCHOOLS)
TABLE A.- PERIODIC MEDICAL INSPECTIONS
| Aqe Groups Inspected (By year of birth) | No. of Pupils Inspected | PHYSICAL CONDITION OF PUPILS INSPECTED | Pupils found to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation irith vermin) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | for defective vision (excluding squin t) | for any other condi tion recorded at Partll | Total individual pupils | ||
| No. | No. | |||||
| 1960 and later ) 1959 ) | 2,784 | 2,776 | 8 | 90 | 446 | 523 |
| 1958 | 678 | 677 | 1 | 25 | 121 | 138 |
| 1957 | 219 | 219 | - | 12 | 39 | 47 |
| 1956 | 1. 139 | 1, 138 | 1 | 103 | 147 | 231 |
| 1955 | 1. 440 | 1, 438 | 2 | 118 | 226 | 332 |
| 1954 | 595 | 594 | 1 | 52 | 86 | 131 |
| 1953 | 649 | 649 | - | 56 | 71 | 122 |
| 1952 | 1, 441 | 1. 441 | - | 131 | 130 | 242 |
| 1951 | 821 | 821 | - | 86 | 99 | 174 |
| 1950 | 544 | 542 | 2 | 58 | 43 | 88 |
| 1949 and earlier | 2. 488 | 2, 487 | 1 | 355 | 159 | 489 |
| TOTAL | 12.798 | 12,782 | 16 | 1. 086 | 1. 567 | 2, 517 |
Col.(3) total as a
percentage of Col. (2)
total 99.87%
Col.(4) total as a
percentage of Col. (2)
total 0. 13%