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
Enfield 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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*Forty-three includes as separate schools what have been formerly considered as departments of one school.
| Age Groups. | No. of Pupils Inspected | A | B | C | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % of col. 2 | No. | % of col. 2 | No. | % of col. 2 | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) |
| Entrants | 2,651 | 865 | 32.6 | 1,660 | 62.6 | 126 | 4.8 |
| Second Age Group | 1,810 | 498 | 27.5 | 1,199 | 66.2 | 113 | 6.3 |
| Third Age Group | 249 | 58 | 23.3 | 188 | 75.5 | 3 | 1.2 |
| Total | 4,710 | 1,421 | 30.2 | 3,047 | 64.7 | 242 | 5.1 |
A. Those better than normal, or " good " (formerly " excellent "
-A).
B. The normal, or " fair " (formerly " normal B).
C. Those below normal, or " poor" (formerly " slightly subnormal
"—C, and " bad "—D).
Five hundred and thirty-four children of eight years old were
given a routine eye check, of whom 63 were referred to the Eye
Clinic for treatment and 49 were referred for observation.
THE WORK OF THE SCHOOL NURSES
Number of home visits 799
Number of special school visits 201
Number of school visits for routine examination
of heads 163
Total number of heads examined 28,422
Number of individual children found unclean 522
Number of Nurses' minor ailment clinics held 749
Total attendances of children at Nurses' clinics 16,405
Number of routine medical inspection sessions
attended by Nurses 252