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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

Edmonton 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: Table I.MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARYSCHOOLS.

Table I.

MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY

SCHOOLS.

A.—Routine Medical Inspections.
Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:—
Entrants1,061
Second Age Group1,495
Third Age Group1,083
Total3,639
Number of other Routine Inspections415
Grand Total4,054
B.— Other Inspections.
Number of Special Inspections9,123
Number of Re-Inspections17,707
Total26,830

Table: C.—Children found to require Treatment.Number of individual children found at Routine Medical Inspection to require Treatment (excluding Defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases.)

C.—Children found to require Treatment.

Number of individual children found at Routine Medical Inspection to require Treatment (excluding Defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases.)

Group. (1)For defective vision (excluding squint). (2)For all other conditions recorded in Table IIa. (3)Total. (4)
Entrants46384430
Second Age Group149437586
Third Age Group148293441
Total (Prescribed Groups)3431,1141,457
Other Routine Inspections25161186
Grand Total3681,2751,643