London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Dagenham 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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Pupils Found to Require Treatment
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) | Individual pupils found to require treatment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| For defective vision (excluding squint) | For any of the other conditions recorded | Total individual Pupils | |
| (1)* | (2)* | (3)* | (4)* |
| 1959 and later | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 1958 | 14 | 109 | 109 |
| 1957 | 12 | 89 | 89 |
| 1956 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 1955 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| 1954 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
| 1953 | 10 | 16 | 25 |
| 1952 | 82 | 109 | 175 |
| 1951 | 43 | 53 | 86 |
| 1950 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 1949 | 86 | 64 | 141 |
| 1948 and earlier | 172 | 122 | 265 |
| Total | 428 | 603 | 935 |
* No individual pupil is recorded more than once in any column of this
table, therefore the total in column (4) "ill not necessarily be the same as the
sum of columns (2) and (3).
General Condition of Pupils
Out of 5,419 children seen at periodic medical inspection only 2 were considered
to be of unsatisfactory general condition.
Infestation with Vermin
(a) Total number of individual examinations of pupils in
schools by school nurses or other authorised persons 24,805
(b) Number of individual pupils found to be infested 151
(c) Number of informal letters requesting cleansing 150
(d) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing
notices were issued (Sec. 54(2) Education Act 1944) 14
(e) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing
orders were issued (Sec. 54(3) Education Act 1944) -
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