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 Walthamstow]
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TABLE I.
MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
A.— Routine Medical Inspections. | |
Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:— | |
Entrants | 1,326 |
Second Age Group | 1,579 |
Third Age Group | 1,852 |
Total | 4,757 |
Number of other Routine Inspections | 315 |
Grand Total | 5,072 |
B.— Other Inspections. | |
Number of Special Inspections | 4,568 |
Number of Re-Inspections | 30,160 |
Total | 34,728 |
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 | 6 | 263 | 268 |
Second Age Group | 65 | 280 | 337 |
Third Age Group | 117 | 257 | 366 |
Total (Prescribed Groups) | 188 | 800 | 971 |
Other Routine Inspections | 16 | 49 | 65 |
Grand Total | 204 | 849 | 1036 |