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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
Waltham Forest 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]
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SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
SCHOOL POPULATION
NUMBER OF
SCHOOLS
NUMBER OF PUPILS ON
SCHOOL REGISTERS AT
END OF YEAR
Nursery
1
83
Primary
69
16,345
Secondary
30
12,577
Special
6
518
SCHOOL MEDICAL INSPECTION
(a) Periodic Medical Inspections
5 year age group
3,904
10-12 year age group
1,318
14 years age group
1,524
Others
1,151
Total
7,897
No. of special inspections
2,114
No. of re-inspections
2,007
4,121
(b) Physical Condition of Children Inspected
AGE GROUP INSPECTED
(BY YEAR OF BIRTH]
NO. OF PUPILS
INSPECTED
PUPILS WHOSE CONDITION
WAS CLASSIFlED
UNSATISFACTORY
1961 and later
111
1
1960
2,241
2
1959
1,552
4
1958
181
1
1957
102
1
1956
122
—
1955
697
—
1954
621
1
1953
362
1
1952
154
1
1951
230
—
1950 and earlier
1,524
—
Total
7,897
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