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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
Haringey 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Haringey]
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| Year of Birth | Number of pupils Inspected | Physical Condition of Pupils Inspected | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | ||||
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| 1965 & later | 159 | 157 | 98.7 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 1964 | 1,158 | 1,156 | 99.8 | 2 | 0.2 |
| 1963 | 1,944 | 1,943 | 99.9 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 1962 | 458 | 458 | 100.0 | - | - |
| 1961 | 199 | 197 | 98.9 | 2 | 1.1 |
| 1960 | 216 | 215 | 99.6 | 1 | 0.4 |
| +1959 | +570 | 568 | 99.6 | 2 | 0.4 |
| +1958 | +896 | 895 | 99.4 | 1 | 0.6 |
| 1957 | 1,732 | 1,729 | 99.8 | 3 | 0.2 |
| 1956 | 958 | 957 | 99.8 | 1 | 0.2 |
| 1955 | 1,004 | 1,001 | 99.7 | 3 | 0.3 |
| 1954 & earlier | 1,211 | 1,210 | 99.9 | 1 | 0.1 |
| TOTALS | 10.505 | 10.486 | 99.8 | 19 | 0.2 |
+ Signifies Selective Medical Examinations
In the Appendix to this report will be found an analysis of the defects found to require treatment
or observation.
Other Medical Inspections
The following are the numbers of special inspections and re-inspections carried out during 1969.
A special inspection is one which is carried out at the special request of a parent, doctor, nurse
or a teacher, and is usually carried out at a school advice clinic.
Number of special inspections 3,810
Number of re-inspections 1,429
Total 5,239
An analysis of the defects found at special inspections to require treatment or observation will
be found in the Appendix to this report.
Medical Treatment
Details are given in the Appendix to this report of treatment (excluding uncleanliness and dental
defects) of pupils attending maintained primary and secondary schools (including nursery and special
schools), whether provided directly by the Council or arranged through other agencies.
School Advice Clinics
These clinics continue to deal with minor ailments, and problems brought by parents and with the
follow-up of defects found at periodic and other medical inspections. Full medical examination
is now offered to all school children who are new entrants to the country, including any who have
been out of the country for a year or more and have returned. This gives an opportunity to
have the children's immunisation and vaccination state brought into line with other children in the
borough as well as affording an opportunity to the parents to discuss any health problem with the
school doctor. 484 children who were new entrants to the country were examined during the year
under these arrangements.
Orthopaedic Clinics
The orthopaedic clinic at0 Weston Park, Hornsey, has continued to function as in previous years,
fortnightly sessions being held.
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