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 ended 31st December, 1971
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) |
1967 and later | 96 | 96 | 100.00 | — | — |
1966 | 812 | 807 | 99.38 | 5 | 0.62 |
1965 | 1255 | 1253 | 99.84 | 2 | 0.16 |
1964 | 146 | 145 | 99.32 | 1 | 0.68 |
1963 | 92 | 91 | 98.91 | 1 | 1.09 |
1962 | 91 | 90 | 98.90 | 1 | 1.10 |
1961 | 81 | 80 | 98.77 | 1 | 1.23 |
1960 | 117 | 115 | 98.29 | 2 | 1.71 |
1959 | 847 | 843 | 99.53 | 4 | 0.47 |
1958 | 477 | 474 | 99.38 | 3 | 0.62 |
1957 | 684 | 683 | 99.85 | 1 | 0.15 |
1956 and earlier | 726 | 722 | 99.45 | 4 | 0.55 |
TOTAL | 5424 | 5399 | 99.54 | 25 | 0.46 |
B. — OTHER INSPECTIONS.
Number of Special Inspections | 3,619 |
Number of Re-Inspections | 2,508 |
6,127 |
Periodic Medical Inspections.
The number of children inspected at routine periodic medical inspections was
5,424 (1970—6,986). Special examinations and re-inspections were 6,127 compared
with 5,740 for the previous year.
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