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Hillingdon 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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Report of the Principal School Medical Officer for the Year 1968
Medical Inspection of pupils was carried out on the lines laid down in the Regulations. This table gives an indication of the scope of the work compared with that done in previous years
| Year of Birth | No. of pupils who have received a full medical examination | PHYSICAL CONDITION OF PUPILS INSPECTED | Pupils found to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | for defective vision (excluding squint) | for any other condition recorded at Part II | Total individual pupils | ||
| No. | No. | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) |
| 1964 and later | 14 | 14 | — | — | — | — |
| 1963 | 674 | 672 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 38 |
| 1962 | 1,867 | 1,860 | 7 | 30 | 107 | 136 |
| 1961 | 362 | 359 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 1960 | 120 | 120 | — | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 1959 | 108 | 107 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 1958 | 141 | 141 | — | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 1957 | 820 | 818 | 2 | 20 | 50 | 68 |
| 1956 | 756 | 753 | 3 | 16 | 34 | 49 |
| 1955 | 305 | 302 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 1954 | 1,138 | 1,134 | 4 | 27 | 30 | 57 |
| 1953 and earlier | 1,284 | 1,282 | 2 | 21 | 31 | 50 |
| TOTAL | 7,589 | 7,562 | 27 | 142 | 331 | 467 |
Percentage of children inspected with satisfactory physical condition 99.64
Percentage of children inspected with unsatisfactory physical condition 0.36
Percentage of children inspected who were found to require treatment 6.15
Percentage of children inspected who were found to require treatment (excluding vision
defects) 4.36