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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 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Table: TABLE I.Medical Inspection of Pupils Attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools.

TABLE I.

Medical Inspection of Pupils Attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools.

A. *Periodic Medical Inspections.
Number of Inspections in the Prescribed Groups:— Entrants946
Second Age Group749
Third Age Group604
Total2,299
Number of other Periodic Inspections1,684*
Grand Total3,983
Children aged 8 years.
Children in their 13th year, at County Grammar and Technical Schools.
B.Other Inspections.
Number of Special Inspections1,630
Number of Re-inspections440
Total2,070

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C. Pupils Found to Require Treatment.

Table: Number of Individual Pupils found at Periodic Medical Inspections to require treatment (excluding Dental Diseases and Infestation with Vermin).

Number of Individual Pupils found at Periodic Medical Inspections to require treatment (excluding Dental Diseases and Infestation with Vermin).

GroupFor defective vision (excluding squint)For any of the other conditions recorded in Table II. A.Total individual pupils
Entrants2193114
Second Age Group2378101
Third Age Group233154
Total (prescribed groups)67202269
Other Periodic Inspections74105179
Grand Total141307448