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SCHOOL HEALTH
There are 17 secondary and 44 primary schools in the Borough, also 2 special schools
(Bentry School physically handicapped and E.S.N, sections). Children on the registers
on 31st December, 1962 totalled 18,323, a decrease of 942 compared with 1961, thus
continuing a trend which has been apparent for some years.
Medical Inspections
Routine medical inspections were performed on the following groups of pupils:—
(a) children in their first year at primary school
(b) children in their last year at primary school
(c) children in their last year at secondary school
(d) children attending nursery classes
(e) children of any age transferred from other areas to Dagenham schools.
In addition to these, special examinations and re-inspections of children with defects
were carried out as necessary. This part of the work is, of course, specially prominent
at the Bentry Special School.
MEDICAL INSPECTION OF PUPILS ATTENDING
MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
(INCLUDING SPECIAL SCHOOLS)
A) Periodic Medical Inspection
Age groups inspected Number of pupils
(by year of birth) inspected
1958 and later 57
1957 691
1956 577
1955 47
1954 29
1953 30
1952 43
1951 1,020
1950 580
1949 58
1948 638
1947 and earlier 1,629
TOTAL 5,399
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