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 Ealing]
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In the following table the increase in the number of children on the School Registers and of children medically inspected in recent years is indicated :—
Year. | Routine Inspections. | Total. | Average number on School Registers. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Entrants. | Intermediates. | Leavers. | |||
1926 | 812 | 546 | 456 | 1,814 | 6,396 |
1927 | 1,316 | 1,086 | 1,238 | 3,640 | 9,480 |
1928 | 1,001 | 1,557 | 1,437 | 3,995 | 9,744 |
1929 | 1,172 | 1,568 | 849 | 3,589 | 10,442 |
1930 | 1,976 | 1,545 | 880 | 4,401 | 10,822 |
1931 | 1,821 | 2,030 | 1,084 | 4,935 | 11,769 |
1932 | 1,604 | 1,713 | 1,639 | 4,956 | 12,479 |
1933 | 1,748 | 1,857 | 1,608 | 5,213 | 13,253 |
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The inspections carried out at the Schools in the Borough
included the following groups :—
1. Routine inspections as required by the Board of Education
as follows:—
(a) Entrants.—All children admitted to school for the first
time during the year.
(b) Intermediates.—All children eight years of age not
inspected in the previous year or reaching that age
before the end of the current year.
(c) Leavers.—Children twelve years of age not inspected
in the previous year or attaining twelve before the
end of the current year, together with those over
that age not previously inspected.