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 Haringey]
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Number of individual Pupils found at periodic medical inspections to require treatment (excluding dental disease and infestation with vermin)
Year of Birth | For defective vision (excluding squint) | For any of the other conditions recorded | Total individual Pupils |
---|---|---|---|
1961 & Later | 1 | 11 | 11 |
1960 | 63 | 185 | 230 |
1959 | 99 | 228 | 298 |
1958 | 32 | 55 | 77 |
1957 | 114 | 118 | 208 |
1956 | 77 | 66 | 142 |
1955 | 27 | 22 | 44 |
1954 | 191 | 128 | 293 |
1953 | 278 | 208 | 434 |
1952 | 117 | 108 | 190 |
1951 | 161 | 95 | 226 |
1950 & earlier | 467 | 211 | 628 |
Total | 1627 | 1435 | 2781 |
Periodic Inspections
Defect Code No. | Defect or Disease | Entrants | Leavers | Total including all other age groups inspected | Special inspections | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T | O | T | O | T | O | T | O | ||
4 | Skin | 45 | 65 | 66 | 52 | 337 | 268 | 599 | 9 |
5 | Eyes (a) Vision | 163 | 159 | 531 | 69 | 1627 | 550 | 228 | 52 |
(b) Squint | 23 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 60 | 19 | 6 | 1 | |
(c) Other | 15 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 76 | 39 | 72 | 5 | |
6 | Ears (a) Hearing | 11 | 43 | 6 | 23 | 55 | 176 | 139 | 37 |
(b) Otitis Media | 9 | 59 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 137 | 3 | 3 | |
(c) Other | 10 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 64 | 60 | 10 | |
7 | Nose and Throat | 108 | 258 | 13 | 36 | 183 | 581 | 88 | 40 |
8 | Speech | 29 | 48 | 3 | 8 | 58 | 100 | 93 | 33 |
9 | Lymphatic Glands | 3 | 77 | - | 4 | 4 | 149 | 10 | 6 |
10 | Heart | 8 | 32 | 3 | 46 | 21 | 156 | 6 | 12 |
11 | Lungs | 22 | 78 | 4 | 44 | 57 | 226 | 13 | 8 |
12 | Developmental: | ||||||||
(a) Hernia | 6 | 20 | - | 3 | 16 | 39 | 2 | 1 | |
(b) Other | 3 | 37 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 148 | 14 | 30 | |
13 | Orthopaedic: | ||||||||
(a) Posture | 7 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 96 | 12 | 5 | |
(b) Feet | 78 | 118 | 60 | 60 | 308 | 399 | 26 | 23 | |
(c) Other | 14 | 31 | 18 | 35 | 66 | 143 | 72 | 10 | |
14 | Nervous System: | ||||||||
(a) Epilepsy | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 2 | |
(b) Other | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 56 | 11 | 3 | |
15 | Psychological: | ||||||||
(a) Development | 5 | 35 | - | 5 | 9 | 66 | 55 | 10 | |
(b) Stability | 18 | 152 | 8 | 42 | 49 | 444 | 52 | 28 | |
16 | Abdomen | 3 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 66 | 3 | 2 |
17 | Other | 10 | 35 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 88 | 184 | 41 |
T - Requiring Treatment O - Requiring Observation |