London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Brent 1968
[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 39,981
Part I.—Medical Inspection of Pupils attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools
(including Nursery and Special Schools)
Table A.—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 | 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 | 542 | 542 | - | 9 | 18 | 24 |
| 1963 | 2,556 | 2,528 | 28 | 57 | 101 | 154 |
| 1962 | 1,340 | 1,334 | 6 | 41 | 79 | 113 |
| 1961 | 424 | 418 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 36 |
| 1960 | 1,469 | 1,461 | 8 | 66 | 62 | 127 |
| 1959 | 554 | 551 | 3 | 31 | 24 | 49 |
| 1958 | 1,040 | 1,029 | 11 | 40 | 37 | 75 |
| 1957 | 1,363 | 1,349 | 14 | 67 | 83 | 139 |
| 1956 | 712 | 711 | 1 | 30 | 32 | 61 |
| 1955 | 232 | 230 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 1954 | 684 | 683 | 1 | 34 | 27 | 57 |
| 1953 and earlier | 1,848 | 1,835 | 13 | 81 | 96 | 164 |
| Total | 12,764 | 12,671 | 93 | 477 | 591 | 1.015 |
Col. (3) total as a percentage
of Col. (2) total 99 28% to two places decimals.
Col. (4) total as a percentage
of Col. (2) total 0.72%
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. | |
| A re-inspection is an inspection arising out of one of the periodic medical inspections or out of a special inspection. | |
| Number of Special Inspections | 2,469 |
| Number of Re-inspections | 2,123 |
| Total | 4,592 |
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 persons | 31,020 |
| (b) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested | 195 |
| (c) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2), Education Act, 1944) | 109 |
| (d) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 (3), Education Act, 1944) | 4 |