London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hillingdon 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]

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Part IV
STATISTICAL RETURNS
Number of pupils on registers of maintained primary and secondary schools (including
nursery and special schools) towards the end of 1971 was 39,304.

TABLE A—PERIODIC MEDICAL INSPECTIONS

Age Groups Inspected (By year of Birth)Number of Pupils InspectedPhysical condition of pupils InspectedPupils found to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin)
SatisfactoryUnsatisfactoryFor defective vision (including squint)For any other conditions in Table CTotal individual pupils
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)
1967 and later24924921616
19661,5951,59525167176
19652,1652,164141244262
1964347346165053
196314214242626
196218418433027
1961729729148895
19601,7461,74634112134
19591,9691,967257132182
19587367333254365
19571,2801,280246382
1956 and earlier2,3172,314350107149
Totals13,45913,449102851,0781,267
Column 3 total as a percentage of Column 2 total: 99.9%Column 7 total as a percentage of Column 2 total: 9.4%

TABLE B—OTHER MEDICAL INSPECTIONS

Note: A special inspection is one that is carried out at the special request of a parent, doctor, nurse, teacher or other person. A re-inspection is an inspection arising out of one of the periodic medical inspections or out of a special inspection.
Number of special inspections3,240
Number of re-inspections3,430
Total6,670