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 upon Thames]
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MEDICAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT
Year ended 31st December, 1972
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) |
1968 and later | 154 | 152 | 98.70 | 2 | 1.30 |
1967 | 805 | 802 | 99.63 | 3 | 0.37 |
1966 | 1112 | 1103 | 99.19 | 9 | 0.81 |
1965 | 178 | 177 | 99.44 | 1 | 0.56 |
1964 | 93 | 93 | 100.00 | - | - |
1963 | 63 | 63 | 100.00 | - | - |
1962 | 83 | 82 | 98.80 | 1 | 1.20 |
1961 | 191 | 187 | 97.91 | 4 | 2.09 |
1960 | 874 | 868 | 99.31 | 6 | 0.69 |
1959 | 402 | 399 | 99.25 | 3 | 0.75 |
1958 | 289 | 286 | 98.96 | 3 | 1.04 |
1957 and earlier | 752 | 747 | 99.34 | 5 | 0.66 |
TOTAL | 4996 | 4959 | 99.26 | 37 | 0.74 |
B. — OTHER INSPECTIONS.
Number of Special Inspections 4,457
Number of Re-Inspections 2,767
7,224
Periodic Medical Inspections.
The number of children inspected at routine periodic medical inspections was 4,996
(1971—5,424). Special examinations and re-inspections were 7,224 compared with
6,127 for the previous year.
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