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SCHOOL HEALTH, 1959
School Premises
There are 17 secondary and 45 primary schools in the Borough, also 2 special schools.
Children on the registers on 31st December, 1959 totalled 20,319, a decrease of 549
compared with 1958.
Public health inspectors carried out periodic inspections at school kitchens and
schools were visited for the purpose of obtaining samples of milk for bacteriological
testing. 12 such samples were obtained during the year, none of which failed to pass
the methylene blue test.
SCHOOL INSPECTIONS
As in previous years, medical inspection in the schools during 1959 covered 4
groups:—
(a) Children in their first year of attendance.
(b) Children in their last year at primary school.
(c) Children in their last year of attendance.
(d) Others—i.e., children at nursery and special schools, or who missed the
periodic examinations.
In addition, all children transferred from other areas to Dagenham schools were
seen. Special examinations and re-inspections of children with defects were carried out.
MEDICAL INSPECTION OF PUPILS ATTENDING
MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
(INCLUDING SPECIAL SCHOOLS)
A—Periodic Medical Inspections
Number of inspections in the prescribed groups:—
(i) 5—14 year age group 5,195
(ii) Others 1,153
Total 6,348
B—Other Inspections
Number of special inspections 1,625
Number of re-inspections 1,462
3,087
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