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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
Sutton 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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Trainee Teachers
It is part of the duty of school medical officers to medically examine
entrants to teachers' training colleges. In 1969 and 1968, 160 and l64
respectively, examinations were carried out and the reports were forwarded
to the Principals of the Training Colleges concerned. The number for 1967
was 155.
SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
1. Selective Medical Examinations
A full report on selective medical examinations was contained in the
Annual Report of 1967 and was put into operation in September 1967.
The selective medical examination has not diminished the volume of
work to such an extent as was anticipated, since many of the parents have
requested their children to be medically examined whether selected or not.
About 80% of all the children in the age groups concerned are still medically
examined.
2. Periodic Medical Inspections
Tables (a) and (b) give details of the number of children examined
Medical Inspection of Pupils Attending Maintained Primary and
Secondary Schools (including Nursery and Special Schools)
Table (a) Periodic Medical Inspections 1st January - 31st December 1969
| Age Groups Inspected (by year of birth) | No. of Pupils who have received a full Medical Examination | PHYSICAL CONDITION of Pupils Inspected | No. of Pupils found not to warrant Medical Examination (See Note 1 above) | 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) | (8) |
| 1965 & later | 295 | 293 | - | 12 | 17 | 29 | |
| 1964 | 1712 | 1711 | 1 | 56 | 156 | 195 | |
| 1963 | 947 | 946 | 1 | 27 | 115 | 142 | |
| 1962 | 171 | 171 | - | 18 | 19 | 35 | |
| 1961 | 1376 | 1376 | - | 89 | 128 | 165 | |
| 1960 | 455 | 454 | 1 | 37 | 47 | 82 | |
| 1959 | 82 | 82 | - | 8 | 10 | l6 | |
| 1958 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |
| 1957 | 722 | 718 | 4 | 260 | 100 | 82 | 177 |
| 1956 | 333 | 333 | - | 113 | 54 | 28 | 74 |
| 1955 | 120 | 120 | - | 21 | 21 | 4l | |
| 1954 & earlier | 1120 | 1120 | - | 175 | 75 | 230 | |
| TOTAL | 7375 | 7367 | 8 | 373 | 603 | 712 | 1206 |
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