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Ilford 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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Ministry of Education.
MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS.
Year Ended 31st December, 1953.

Table: TABLE 1.Medical Inspection of pupils attending maintained Primary and Secondary Schools including (Special Schools).

TABLE 1.

Medical Inspection of pupils attending maintained Primary and Secondary Schools including (Special Schools).

A.—Periodic Medical Inspections.
Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups: —
Entrants3,221
Second Age Group2,152
Third Age Group1,638
Total7,011
Number of other Periodic Inspections40
Grand Total7,051
B.—Other Inspections.
Number of Special Inspections2,960
Number of Re-inspections6,628
Total9,588
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).

Table: (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).)

(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 IIA (3)Total individual pupils (4)
Entrants118821896
Second Age Group257534705
Third Age Group223291467
Total (prescribed groups)59816462068
Other Periodic Inspections246
Grand Total60016502074