Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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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 conditions | Total Individual Pupils |
---|---|---|---|
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
1954 and later | 1 | 21 | 22 |
1953 | 16 | 86 | 94 |
1952 | 11 | 84 | 91 |
1951 | 9 | 24 | 30 |
1950 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
1949 | 3 | - | 1 |
1948 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
1947 | 67 | 217 | 258 |
1946 | 30 | 102 | 128 |
1945 | — | 1 | 1 |
1944 | 44 | 136 | 177 |
1943 and earlier | 41 | 95 | 129 |
Total | 229 | 778 | 950 |
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 Inspected | No. | % of Col. 2 | No. | % of Col. 2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
1954 and later | 149 | 139 | 93.28 | 10 | 6.72 |
1953 | 701 | 696 | 99.3 | 5 | 0.7 |
1952 | 740 | 726 | 98.1 | 14 | 1.9 |
1951 | 176 | 167 | 94.89 | 9 | 5.11 |
1950 | 36 | 33 | 91.67 | 3 | 8.33 |
1949 | 26 | 24 | 92.3 | 2 | 7.9 |
1948 | 95 | 92 | 96.84 | 3 | 3.16 |
1947 | 1,644 | 1,634 | 99.4 | 10 | 0.6 |
1946 | 734 | 723 | 98.5 | 11 | 1.5 |
1945 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | - | - |
1944 | 1,159 | 1,157 | 99.82 | 2 | 0.18 |
1943 and earlier | 1,006 | 1,003 | 99.7 | 3 | 0.3 |
Total | 6,474 | 6,402 | 98.9 | 72 | 1.1 |