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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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32.
STATISTICAL SUMMARY
MEDICAL INSPECTION
| Periodic Medical Inspections- | |
| 5 years age group | 1401 |
| 10-12 year age group | 1725 |
| 14 years age group | 1493 |
| Others | 809 |
| Total | 5428 |
Other Inspections-
| Special Inspections | 1553 |
| Re-inspections | 1957 |
| Total | 3510 |
(i) Individual Children found to require treatment-
| Age Groups Inspected (by year of birth) | For defective vision (excluding squint) | For any of the other conditions recorded | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 and later | 2 | (-) | 7 | (3) | 7 | (3) |
| 1955 | 17 | (10) | 105 | (51) | 114 | (57) |
| 1954 | 42 | (16) | 171 | (75) | 197 | (86) |
| 1953 | 11 | (8) | 34 | (15) | 43 | (23) |
| 1952 | 19 | (10) | 20 | (5) | 34 | (14) |
| 1951 | 11 | (10) | 11 | (4) | 21 | (13) |
| 1950 | 111 | (71) | 128 | (55) | 215 | (119) |
| 1949 | 112 | (76) | 130 | (44) | 218 | (112) |
| 1948 | 47 | (30) | 64 | (25) | 97 | (47) |
| 1947 | 31 | (21) | 31 | (16) | 52 | (32) |
| 1946 | 19 | (13) | 19 | (8) | 32 | (17) |
| 1945 and earlier | 290 | (212) | 220 | (108) | 461 | (300) |
| Totals | 712 | (477) | 940 | (409) | 1491 | (823) |
Figures in brackets indicate those children, included in the
totals who were already under treatment.
(ii) Physical condition of children inspected -
Age Groups
Inspected
(by year of birth)
No. of pupils
inspected
No. whose condition was classified
Satisfactory
Unsatisfactory
1956 and later
67
67
-
1955
509
509
-
1954
825
823
2
1953
195
195
-
1952
118
116
2
1951
106
105
1
1950
748
745
3
1949
744
742
2
1948
341
341
-
1947
176
170
6
1946
106
105
1
1945 and earlier
1493
1485
8
Totals
5428
5403
25