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Ilford 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Ministry of Education.
MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS.
Year Ended 31st December, 1952.
TABLE I.
Medical Inspection of pupils attending maintained Primary and Secondary
Schools including (Special Schools).
A.—Periodic Medical Inspections.
| Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:— | |
| Entrants | 3,196 |
| Second Age Group | 1,976 |
| Third Age Group | 1,573 |
| Total | 6,745 |
| Number of other Periodic Inspections | - |
| Grand Total | 6,745 |
B.—Other Inspections.
| Number of Special Inspections | 3,540 |
| Number of Re-inspections | 9,169 |
| Total | 12,709 |
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).
(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 | For defective vision (excluding squint) | For any of the other conditions recorded in Table IIA | Total individual pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Entrants | 92 | 929 | 989 |
| Second Age Group | 193 | 551 | 066 |
| Third Age Group | 227 | 373 | 539 |
| Total (prescribed groups) | 512 | 1853 | 2194 |
| Other Periodic Inspections | - | - | - |
| Grand Total | 512 | 1853 | 2194 |