London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Brent 1970

[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 42,622
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 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)
1966 and later4474761141326
19652,3112,30473699127
19641,7061,687195888128
19633033003162034
19621,7001,681198378153
19616276216343666
19601,1301,117135469104
19592,0151,995208796163
19588398381422864
1957144139510313
19566476389373162
1955 and earlier1,8271,8198345178
Total13,72613,6151115056121,018

Col, (3) total as a percentage of Col. (2) total 99.11 %
Col. (4) total as a percentage of Col. (2) total 0.88%

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.

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

Number of Special Inspections2,640
Number of Re-inspections1,877
Total4,517

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 persons19,639
(b) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested229
(c) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2), Education Act, 1944)111
d) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 (3), Education Act. 1944)1