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 Richmond]
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MEDICAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT
Year ending 31st December, 1966
Table II.
Medical Inspection of Pupils attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools (including Nursery and Special Schools).
A.—PERIODIC MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
Year of Birth | Number of pupils inspected | Physical Condition of Pupils Inspected | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | ||||
Number | %of column 2 | Number | % of column 2 | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
1962 and later | 164 | 164 | 100 | — | — |
1961 | 1406 | 1398 | 99.43 | 8 | 0.57 |
1960 | 1255 | 1245 | 99.20 | 10 | 0.80 |
1959 | 213 | 213 | 100 | — | — |
1958 | 106 | 105 | 99.06 | 1 | 0.94 |
1957 | 89 | 89 | 100 | — | — |
1956 | 61 | 61 | 100 | — | — |
1955 | 71 | 71 | 100 | — | — |
1954 | 663 | 657 | 99.09 | 6 | 0.91 |
1953 | 275 | 274 | 99.64 | 1 | 0.36 |
1952 | 32 | 100 | — | — | |
1951 and earlier | 1107 | 1098 | 99.19 | 9 | 0.81 |
TOTAL | 5442 | 5407 | 99.36 | 35 | 0.64 |
B.—OTHER INSPECTIONS.
Number of Special Inspections 2,987
Number of Re-Inspections 2,614
5,601
Periodic Medical Inspections.
The number of children inspected at routine periodic medical inspections was
5,442 (1965—3,842) the increase is of the order of 41.6%. The increase in special
examinations and re-inspections is 47.2%.
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