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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 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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the schools. Wherever possible one school nurse now works with one
school medical officer visiting the schools in a single area of the
Borough. The school nurse assists the medical officer at the school
medical inspection but she also conducts hygiene inspections and tests
the vision of schoolchildren as well as many other duties including
health education, assistance with immunisation procedures etc. A short
in-service training course in September during which all these procedures
were demonstrated proved valuable in establishing a high and uniform
standard throughout the Borough.

Table: Table 1. Numbers seen at Medical Inspections 1966

Table 1. Numbers seen at Medical Inspections 1966

Routine Inspections -17,277
Special Inspections -
at school medical sessions514
at inspection clinics41
555
Reinspections -
at school medical sessions1,931
at inspection clinics1,056
2,987

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The number of children who were medically examined in 1966 shows
an increase of 565 compared with the previous year. The number is
greater than one would expect on the basis of changes in school population.
The proportion of parents who attended the medical inspection
(Table 2) is similar to that in 1965, although the gradual decline in
attendance at the final examination continues.

Table: Table 2. Attendances of Parents at School Medical Inspections

Table 2. Attendances of Parents at School Medical Inspections

19661965
BoysGirlsBoysGirls
Entrants88.6%84.1%88.1%85.2%
Leavers3.8%7.1%4.3%8.0%
Others58.1%55.9%58.3%59.8%
Total Number of children examined8,6558,6228,1808,532
Total Attendance of Parents53.2%54.5%