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

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Dagenham 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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P upils found to requireTreatment

Number of individual pupils found at periodic medical inspection to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin).

Age Groups Inspected (by year of birth)For defective vision (excluding squint)For any of the other conditionsTotal Individual Pupils
(1)(2)(3)(4)
1954 and later12122
1953168694
1952118491
195192430
1950134
19493-1
19486915
194767217258
194630102128
194511
194444136177
1943 and earlier4195129
Total229778950

No individual pupil is recorded more than once in any column of this table, therefore,
the total in column (4) will not necessarily be the same as the sum of columns (2)
and (3).
General Condition
The overall picture of the general conditon or nutritional state of the children in the
Borough is reassuringly good.

CLASSIFICATION OF THE GENERAL CONDITION OF PUPILS INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE AGE GROUPS

Age Groups Inspected (By year of birth)No. of pupils InspectedNo.% of Col. 2No.% of Col. 2
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
1954 and later14913993.28106.72
195370169699.350.7
195274072698.1141.9
195117616794.8995.11
1950363391.6738.33
1949262492.327.9
1948959296.8433.16
19471,6441,63499.4100.6
194673472398.5111.5
194588100.0--
19441,1591,15799.8220.18
1943 and earlier1,0061,00399.730.3
Total6,4746,40298.9721.1