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Hendon 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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STATISTICAL TABLES.
Public Elementary Schools.
MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS.
Year ended 31st December, 1937.

Table: TABLE I.MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ( see note a).A.— ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.

TABLE I.

MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ( see note a).

A.— ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.

Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:—
(see note b).
Entrants1607
Second Age Group1700
Third Age Group1148
Total4455
Number of other Routine Inspections (see note c).—
Grand Total4455
B.— OTHER INSPECTIONS. Number of Special Inspections (see note d).3637
Number of Re-Inspections (see note e).3816
Total7453

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C.— CHILDREN FOUND TO REQUIRE TREATMENT.
Number of individual children found at Routine Medical
Inspection to Require Treatment (excluding Defects of
Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).
NOTE.— No individual child should be counted more than once in any
column of this Table; for example, a child suffering from
defective vision and from adenoids should appear once in
Column 2, once in Column 3 and once only in Column 4.
Similarly a child suffering from two defects other than defective
vision should appear once only in Column 3 and once in
Column 4.