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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
Heston and Isleworth 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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A—Routine Medical Inspection.
| Age. | Entrants. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Other ages. | Totals. | ||
| Boys | 287 | 26 | 313 | ||||
| Girls | 226 | 29 | 255 | ||||
| Totals | 513 | 55 | 568 | ||||
| Age. | Intermediate Group. | Leavers. | Other ages. | Total. | Grand total | ||
| 8 | 12. 13. 14. | ||||||
| Boys | 297 | 354 18 23 | 18 | 710 | 1023 | ||
| Girls | 322 | 318 13 24 | 14 | 691 | 916 | ||
| Totals | 619 | 672 31 47 | 32 | 1401 | 1969 | ||
B - Special Inspections.
| Special Cases. | Re-examinations (i.e. No. of children re-examined. | |
| Children examined | 2041 | *810 |
C—Total number of individual children inspected by the Medical
Officer, whi ther as Routine or Special Cases (no child being
counted more than once in one, year).
No. of individual children inspected '2,933.
'The figures 810 relate to children found defective at Routine Medical
Inspection and subsequently re-examined in the schools. The Special Cases
were, in the majority of cases, seen at the School Clinics, and for these there
were 6,681 examinations, so that the total number of examinations amounts
to 9.460