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Brent 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]

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MEDICAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT
Number of pupils on registers of maintained primary, secondary, special and nursery schools 38,328
Part I.-—Medical Inspection of Pupils attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools
(including Nursery and Special Schools)

Table: Table A.—Periodic Medical Inspections

Table A.—Periodic Medical Inspections

Age Groups inspected (by year of birth)No. of Pupils who have received a full medical examinationPhysical Condition of Pupils InspectedPupils found to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin)
for defective vision (excluding squint)for any other condition recorded at Part IITotal individual pupils
SatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
No.No.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)
1963 and later660658272933
19622,3802,3621860118168
19611,3681,354144679125
19603233194123241
19591,4411,43477564126
19586156132463777
19579659605465294
19561,3241,31958178146
1955636636—233959
195419619518613
19538208164234363
1952 and earlier1,9061,8951197110193
Total12,63412,561735246871,138

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Col. (3) total as a percentage
of Col. (2) total 99.43% to two places
Col. (4) total as a percentage of decimals,
of Col. (2) total 0.58%
Table B. Other Inspections
Notes:—A special inspection is one that is carried out at the special request of a parent, doctor, nurse, teacher
or other person.

Table: A re-inspection is an inspection arising out of one of the periodic medical inspections or out of a special inspection.

A re-inspection is an inspection arising out of one of the periodic medical inspections or out of a special inspection.

Number of Special Inspections3,355
Number of Re-inspections2,623
Total5,978

Table: Table C. Infestation with VerminNotes:—All cases of infestation, however slight, are included in Table C. The numbers recorded at (b), (c) and (d) relate to individual pupils, and not to instances of infestation.

Table C. Infestation with Vermin

Notes:—All cases of infestation, however slight, are included in Table C. The numbers recorded at (b), (c) and (d) relate to individual pupils, and not to instances of infestation.

(a) Total number of individual examinations of pupils in schools by school nurses or other authorised persons14,198
(b) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested176
(c) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2), Education Act, 1944)49
(d) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 (3), Education Act, 1944)1