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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

Finchley 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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MEDICAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT
Year ended 31st December, 1948

Table: TABLE 1Medical Inspections of Children Attending All Schools

TABLE 1

Medical Inspections of Children Attending All Schools

A. Periodic Medical Inspections
(1) Number of Inspections :Entrants893
Second Age-group526
Third Age-group383
Total1,802
(2) Number of other Periodic Inspections237
Grand Total2,039
B. Other Inspections
Number of Special Inspections and Re-inspections2,345
C. Pupils found to require Treatment
GroupFor defective vision (excluding squint)For any of the other conditions recorded in Table IIaTotal individual pupils
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Entrants15050
Second Age Group633896
Third Age Group263659
Total (prescribed groups)90124205
Other Periodic Inspections154459
GRAND TOTAL105168264