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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

Enfield 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: Statistical Tables for the Annual Report of the School Medical Officer, for the Year 1938.TABLE I.MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.A.—ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.

Statistical Tables for the Annual Report of the School Medical Officer, for the Year 1938.

TABLE I.

MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

A.—ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.

Number of Inspections in the prescribed groups:—
Entrants1068
Second Age Group1186
Third Age Group914
Total3,168
Number of other Routine Inspections944
Grand Total4,112
B.—OTHER INSPECTIONS.
Number of Special Inspections5,454
Number of Re-Inspections3,225
Total8,679

Table: C. CHILDREN FOUND TO REQUIRE TREATMENT.Number of Individual Children found at Routine Medical Inspection to require treatment (excluding defects of Nutrition, Uncleanlinessand Dental Diseases).

C. CHILDREN FOUND TO REQUIRE TREATMENT.

Number of Individual Children found at Routine Medical Inspection to require treatment (excluding defects of Nutrition, Uncleanlinessand Dental Diseases).

Group.For Defective Vision (excluding squint).For all other conditions recorded in Table IIA.Total.
Entrants2219221
Second Age Group101153242
Third Age Group6158111
Total (Prescribed Groups)164430574
Other Routine Inspections69140187
Grand Total233570761