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SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
SCHOOL POPULATION
NUMBER OF
SCHOOLS
NUMBER OF PUPILS ON
SCHOOL REGISTERS AT
END OF YEAR
Nursery
3
271
Primary
78
21,748
Secondary
27
14,115
Special
8
736
Totals - 1972
116
36,870
1971
115
35,848
1970
109
34,196
SCHOOL MEDICAL INSPECTION
(a) Periodic Medical Inspections
1972 1971 1970
5 year age group 3,111 2,888 2,766
10-11 year age group 1,346 1,277 1,212
14 years age group 1,529 1,925 1,169
Others 799 633 704
Total 6,785 6,723 5,851
No. of special inspections 1,062 1,380 1,409
No. of re-inspections 5,660 5,461 5,019
6,722 6,841 6,428
(b) Physical Condition of Children Inspected
AGE GROUP INSPECTED
(BY YEAR OF BIRTH)
NO. OF PUPILS
INSPECTED
PUPILS WHOSE CONDITION
WAS CLASSIFIED
UNSATISFACTORY
1967 and later
171
-
1966
1,334
-
1965
1,606
-
1964
380
-
1963
64
1
1962
128
-
1961
905
-
1960
441
-
1959
73
-
1958
19
-
1957
134
-
1956 and earlier
1,529
-
Total
6,784
1
** Selective Medicals - A total of 571 children were found not to warrant a medical examination.
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