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East Ham 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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STATISTICAL APPENDIX
Number of pupils on registers of maintained and
assisted primary and secondary schools (including
nursery and special schools) in January, 1961 14,767
MEDICAL INSPECTION OF PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED AND ASSISTED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS (INCLUDING NURSERY AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS)
PERIODIC MEDICAL INSPECTIONS
TABLE 6
| Age Groups Inspected (By years of birth) | No. of pupils Inspected | Physical Condition of pupils Inspected | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SATISFACTORY | UNSATISFACTORY | ||||
| No. | % of Col.2 | No. | % of Col.2 | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
| 1956 and later | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 1 | 20.0 |
| 1955 | 9 | 9 | 100 | – | – |
| 1954 | 698 | 695 | 99.6 | 3 | 0.4 |
| 1953 | 372 | 372 | 100 | – | – |
| 1952 | 204 | 204 | 100 | – | – |
| 1951 | 533 | 532 | 99.8 | 1 | 0.2 |
| 1950 | 432 | 430 | 99.5 | 2 | 0.5 |
| 1949 | 558 | 556 | 99.6 | 2 | 0.4 |
| 1948 | 351 | 351 | 1C0 | – | – |
| 1947 | 839 | 839 | 100 | – | – |
| 1946 | 949 | 949 | 100 | – | – |
| 1945 and earlier | 1,150 | 1149 | 99.9 | 1 | 0.1 |
| TOTAL | 6,100 | 6090 | 99.8 | 10 | 0.2 |
PUPILS FOUND TO REQUIRE TREATMENT AT PERIODIC MEDICAL INSPECTIONS
TABLE 7
| Age groups Inspected (by year of birth) | For defective vision (excluding squint) | For any of the other conditions recorded in Table 8 | Total individual pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 and later | – | 1 | 1 |
| 1955 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1954 | 53 | 94 | 134 |
| 1953 | 31 | 54 | 75 |
| 1952 | 28 | 27 | 46 |
| 1951 | 72 | 61 | 124 |
| 1950 | 79 | 57 | 124 |
| 1949 | 85 | 56 | 135 |
| 1948 | 71 | 43 | 112 |
| 1947 | 146 | 77 | 209 |
| 1946 | 150 | 70 | 205 |
| 1945 and earlier | 257 | 77 | 310 |
| Total | 973 | 618 | 1,477 |