Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Group | For defective vision (excluding squint) | For any of the other conditions recorded in Table IIA | Total individual pupils |
---|---|---|---|
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Entrants | 103 | 713 | 782 |
Second Age Group | 286 | 629 | 845 |
Third Age Group | 145 | 191 | 305 |
Total (prescribed groups) | 534 | 1533 | 1932 |
Other Periodic Inspections | 66 | 151 | 200 |
Grand Total | 600 | 1684 | 2132 |
TABLE 11.
A.—Return of Defects Found by Medical Inspection in the Year
Ended 31st December, 1955.
Note .—All defects noted at medical inspection as requiring treatment are included in this return,
Defect Code No. | Defect or Disease | Number of Defects Requiring Treatment | Number of Defects Requiring Observation but not Treatment | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Periodic Inspection | Special Inspection | Periodic Inspection | Special Inspection | |||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | ||
4 | Skin | 127 | 87 | 25 | - | |
5 | Eyes- | 600 | 42 | 265 | 6 | |
79 | 4 | 15 | — | |||
46 | 85 | 23 | 2 | |||
6 | Ears— | 38 | 17 | 55 | 2 | |
12 | 3 | 10 | - | |||
c. Other | 9 | 12 | 15 | 7 | ||
7 | Nose or Throat | 260 | 29 | 591 | 7 | |
8 | Speech | 44 | 20 | 39 | 16 | |
9 | Cervical Glands | 3 | 8 | 110 | 2 | |
10 | Heart and Circulation | 75 | 5 | 149 | 8 | |
11 | Lungs | 197 | 17 | 242 | 5 | |
12 | Developmental— | |||||
18 | 1 | 43 | 5 | |||
13 | 1 | 61 | 4 | |||
13 | Orthopaedic— | |||||
254 | 33 | 30 | 85 | |||
296 | 64 | 61 | 158 | |||
c. Other | 313 | 49 | 195 | 71 | ||
14 | Nervous system— | |||||
1 | — | 6 | 4 | |||
1 | 17 | 20 | 1 | |||
15 | Psychological— | |||||
6 | 5 | 4 | ||||
38 | 34 | 52 | 8 | |||
16 | Other | 152 | 72 | 136 | 46 |