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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

Walthamstow 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: TABLE I.MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

TABLE I.

MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

A.—Routine Medical Inspections. Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:—
Entrants2,022
Second Age Group1,583
Third Age Group2,232
Total5,837
Number of other Routine Inspections361
Grand Total6,198
B.—Other Inspections.
Number of Special Inspections4,458
Number of Re-Inspections24,718
Total29,176

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G.—Children found to require Treatment.
Number of individual children found at Routine Medical Inspection to
Require Treatment (excluding Defects of Nutrition, Unclean
liness and Dental Diseases).

Table: Note : No individual child should be counted more than once in any column of this table; for example—A child suffering from defective vision and adenoids should appear once in column 2, once in column 3, and " once only " in column 4.

Note : No individual child should be counted more than once in any column of this table; for example—A child suffering from defective vision and adenoids should appear once in column 2, once in column 3, and " once only " in column 4.

Group.For defective vision (excluding squint).For all other conditions recorded in Table IIa.Total.
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Entrants9316321
Second Age Group82208287
Third Age Group125210326
Total (Prescribed Groups)216734934
Other Routine Inspections184863
Grand Total234782997