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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
Ilford 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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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 | 2,746 |
| Second Age Group | 1,602 |
| Third Age Group | 2,234 |
| Total | 6,582 |
| Number of other Periodic Inspections | — |
| Grand Total | 6,582 |
| B.—Other Inspections. | |
| Number of Special Inspections | 3,537 |
| Number of Re-inspections | 9,219 |
| Total | 12,756 |
81
Deaths of School-children.
Ilford.—The deaths of children of School Age during 1948 represent
0.98 per cent. of the Total Deaths registered (all ages), and during 1947 represent
0.6 per cent.
Ministry of Education.
MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS.
Year Ended 31st December, 1949.
(No individual pupil is recorded more than once in any column of this Table, and therefore the total on column (4) will not necessarily be the same as the sum of columns (2) and (3).)
| Group. (1) | For defective vision (excluding squint). (2) | For any of the other conditions recorded in Table 11a. (3) | Total individual pupils. (4) |
| Entrants | 53 | 556 | 598 |
| Second Age Group | 168 | 222 | 372 |
| Third Age Group | 247 | 517 | 691 |
| Total (Prescribed Groups) | 468 | 1,295 | 1,661 |
| Other Periodic Inspections | — | — | — |
| Grand Total | 468 | 1,295 | 1,661 |
C.—Pupils Found to Require Treatment.
Number of Individual Pupils found at Periodic Medical Inspection to
Require Treatment (Excluding Dental Diseases and Infestation with Vermin).