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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

Harrow 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]

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82
ANNUAL RETURNS.

Table: Primary Schools.

Primary Schools.

A. Routine Medical Inspection.
No. of code inspections:
Entrants1,408
Age 71,298
Age 102,201
Leavers1,179
Total6,086
No of routine inspections1 957

Table: B. Other inspections :

B. Other inspections :

Examined atSpecialsRe-inspections
Schools396
Clinics2,9671,880

Table: C. No. of individual children found at routine inspections to require treatment (excluding uncleanliness, nutrition and dental disease).

C. No. of individual children found at routine inspections to require treatment (excluding uncleanliness, nutrition and dental disease).

For defective visionFor other conditions (see table H)Total
Entrants67581
Age 746106152
Age 10120212332
Leavers4060100
Other ages126244370
Total3386971,035

Table: D. Classification of nutrition of children inspected at routine inspections

D. Classification of nutrition of children inspected at routine inspections

Age groupNumberA (Excellent)B (Normal)C (Slightly sub-normal)D (Bad)
Entrants1,4081211,21077—
Age 71,2981961,00498—
Age 102,2014031,6351585
Leavers1,17929083455—
Others1,9573921,3881752
Total8,0431,4026,0715637