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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Brentford and Chiswick 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES.
MEDICAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT RETURNS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1947
TABLE I.
MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN.
| A.—Routine Medical Inspections : | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) No. of inspections:— | ||||||
| Entrants— | 780. Second Age Group— | 404 | . Third Age | |||
| Groups— | 414. | |||||
| Total | 1598 | |||||
| (2) No. of other routine inspections— | 362. | |||||
| Grand Total | 1960 | |||||
| B.—Other Inspections: | ||||||
| No. of special inspections and re-inspections- | 561. | |||||
TABLE II.
CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE ROUTINE AGE
GROUPS.
| Number of Children Inspected | A | B | C | D | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Excellent) | (Normal) | (Slightly Sub-normal) | (Bad) | ||||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Entrants | 780 | 235 | 30.0 | 472 | 61.0 | 73 | 9.0 | - | - |
| Second | 404 | 164 | 41.0 | 209 | 51.0 | 31 | 8.0 | - | - |
| Third | 414 | 136 | 32.0 | 244 | 60.0 | 34 | 8.0 | - | - |
| Other | 362 | 176 | 48.0 | 175 | 40.0 | 3.0 | - | - | |
| TOTALS | 1960 | 711 | 36.0 | 1100 | 56.0 | 149 | 8.0 | - | - |