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
Bromley 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TABLE I.
Medical Inspection of Pupils Attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools.
| A. Periodic Medical Inspections. | ||
| Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:— | ||
| Entrants | 299 | |
| Second Age Group | .. | 1043 |
| Third Age Group | .. | 612 |
| Total | 1959 | |
| Number of other Periodic Inspections | 1408* | |
| Grand Total 3367 | ||
| *Children aged 8 years. Children in their 13th year, at County Grammar and Technical Schools. | ||
| B. Other Inspections. | ||
| Number of Special Inspections | .. | 2438 |
| Number of Re-Inspections | .. | 2129 |
| Total | 4567 | |
C. Pupils Found to Require Treatment.
Number of Individual Pupils found at Periodic Medical Inspections to require treatment (excluding Dental Diseases and Infestation with Vermin).
| Group. | For defective Vision (excluding Squint). | For any of the other conditions recorded in Table II A. | Total individual pupils. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | 4 | 31 | 35 |
| Second Age Group | 31 | 57 | 88 |
| Third Age Group | 29 | 36 | 65 |
| Total (prescribed groups) | 64 | 124 | 188 |
| Other Periodic Inspections | 66 | 68 | 134 |
| Grand Total | 130 | 192 | 322 |