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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 1956

[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.A. Periodic Medical Inspections.Age Groups inspected and number of pupils examined: —

TABLE I.

Medical Inspection of Pupils Attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools.

A. Periodic Medical Inspections.

Age Groups inspected and number of pupils examined: —

Entrants764
Second Age Group1,787
Third Age Group485
Total3,036
Number of additional Periodic Inspection's1,196
Grand Total4,232
B. Other Inspections.
Number of Special Inspections1,387
Number of Re-inspections581
Total1,968

Table: 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).

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).

Age GroupFor defective vision (excluding squint)For any of the other conditions recorded in Table III.A.Total individual pupils
Entrants185472
Second Age Group5587142
Third Age Group91322
Total (prescribed groups)82154236
Other Periodic Inspections463379
Grand Total128187315

Table: D. Classification of the Physical Condition of Pupils Inspected.

D. Classification of the Physical Condition of Pupils Inspected.

Age GroupsNumber of Pupils InspectedSatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
No.% of Col. 2No.% of Col. 2
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
Entrants76472394.63415.37
Second Age Group1,7871,72896.70593.30
Third Age Group48547197.11142.89
Other periodic inspections1,1961,18499.00121.00
Total4,2324,10697.021262.98