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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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TABLE I.
MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:—
| Entrants | 1,685 |
| Second Age Group | 1,649 |
| Third Age Group | 1,749 |
| Total | 5,083 |
| Number of other Routine Inspections | 299 |
| Grand Total | 5,382 |
| Number of Special Inspections .. | 4,410 |
| Number of Re-Inspections | 30,714 |
| Total | 35,124 |
C.—Children found to require Treatment.
Number of individual children found at Routine Medical Inspection to
Require Treatment (excluding Defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness
and Dental Diseases).
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. Similarly a child suffering from two defects other than defective vision should appear once only in column 3 and once in column 4.
| Group. | For defective vision (excluding squint). | For all other conditions recorded in Table IIa. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Entrants | 17 | 351 | 364 |
| Second Age Group | 89 | 265 | 343 |
| Third Age Group | 137 | 243 | 365 |
| Total (Prescribed Groups) | 243 | 859 | 1072 |
| Other Routine Inspections | 19 | 50 | 69 |
| Grand Total | 262 | 909 | 1141 |