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Brent 1969

[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 41,234
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)
1965 and later44344361919
19642,3352,3211471102164
19631,3141,29717345180
196233232210242145
19611,4851,444418476147
19605415365383870
195996293626443983
19581,7201,702188193158
19576206191323762
195621321126611
19555275243182943
1954 and earlier1,6741,660144565104
Total12,16612,015151483576986

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Col. (3) total as a percentage
of Col. (2) total 98.74%
Col. (4) total as a percentage
of Col. (2) total 1.24%
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 1,693
Number of Re-inspections 1,609
Total 3,302

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 persons19,220
(b)Total number of individual pupils found to be infested174
(c)Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2), Education Act, 1944)105
(d)Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 (3), Education Act. 1944)–