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

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Brent 1972

[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 ... 44,974
Part I.— Medical Inspection of Pupils attending Main
tained 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 conditon recorded at Part IITotal individual pupils
SatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
No.No.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)
1968 and later678676291218
19672,4012,39011443482
19661,3421,3366425083
19653333321241640
19641,7221,716611042146
196372271012533486
19621,4041,39686553116
19611,8261,824210141137
19606766715293057
19591991963131427
19587847795322557
1957 and earlier2,0822,0661610469166
Total14,16914,092776264201,015

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Col. (3) total as a percentage of Col. (2) total 99.46%
Col. (4) total as a percentage of Col. (2) total 0.54%
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 3,407
Number of Re-inspections 721
Total 4,128

Table: Table G 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 G 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 persons30,949
(b) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested436
(c) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2), Education Act, 1944)252
(d) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54(3), Education Act, 1944)6