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 Hounslow]
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Periodic medical inspections
Age groups inspected (by year of birth) | No of pupils who have received a full medical examination | Physical condition of pupils inspected | |
---|---|---|---|
Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | ||
1965 and later | 213 | 201 | 12 |
1964 | 1299 | 1266 | 33 |
1963 | 1333 | 1319 | 14 |
1962 | 381 | 365 | 16 |
1961 | 370 | 365 | 5 |
1960 | 86 | 86 | - |
1959 | 1 | 1 | - |
1953 | 719 | 719 | - |
1957 | 813 | 793 | 20 |
1956 | 247 | 241 | 6 |
1955 | 744 | 737 | 7 |
1954 and earlier | 2121 | 2106 | 15 |
Total | 8327 | 8199 | 128 |
Special inspections
Number of special inspections 4821
Number of re-inspections 2490
Total 7311
Defects or disease | Number of defects found at Periodic medical inspections | Special inspections | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Requiring treatment | Requiring to be kept under observation | Requiring treatment | Requiring to be kept under observation | |||||
Skin | 182 | 224 | 361 | 65 | ||||
Eyes | a | Vision | 527 | 362 | 212 | 156 | ||
b | Squint | 72 | 55 | 17 | 30 | |||
c | Other | 22 | 50 | 19 | 20 | |||
Ears | a | Hearing | 79 | 145 | 129 | 160 | ||
b | Otitis Media | 46 | 88 | 17 | 21 | |||
c | Other | 38 | 62 | 55 | 31 | |||
Nose and throat | 111 | 348 | 41 | 110 | ||||
Speech | 38 | 85 | 34 | 61 | ||||
Lymphatic glands | 9 | 35 | - | 13 | ||||
Heart | 19 | 112 | 1 | 46 | ||||
Lungs | 47 | 164 | 21 | 31 | ||||
Developmental | a | Hernia | 10 | 30 | 6 | 10 | ||
b | Other | 33 | 210 | 34 | 106 | |||
Orthopaedic | a | Posture | 11 | 46 | 2 | 9 | ||
b | Feet | 56 | 127 | 34 | 62 | |||
c | Other | 42 | 124 | 10 | 53 | |||
Nervous System | a | Epilepsy | 15 | 40 | 1 | 16 | ||
b | Other | 17 | 251 | 15 | 41 | |||
Psychological | a | Development | 14 | 60 | 17 | 41 | ||
b | Stability | 33 | 444 | 48 | 147 | |||
Abdomen | 19 | 49 | 3 | 13 | ||||
Other | 57 | 198 | 93 | 244 |