Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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APPENDIX .5
SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
STATISTICS RELATING TO INSPECTION AND TREATMENT OF
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS, 1919
TABLE I.
Return of Medical Inspection.
A. Periodic medical inspection:
Code Group | No. examined. |
---|---|
Entrants | 3,522 |
Second age group | 2,635 |
Third age group | 2,572 |
Total | 8,729 |
Other periodic inspections | 2,854 |
Grand Total | 11,583 |
B. Other inspections:
Number of special inspections and
re-inspections 15,029
TABLE II.
Classification of the General Condition of children inspected during the year in the Periodic Age Groups.
Number of children | A (Good) | B (Fair) | C (Poor) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
inspected. | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
8,729 | 2,9.22 | 33.18 | 1,922 | 56.38 | 885 | 10.11 |
TABLE III.
Defects Treated under the Authority's Scheme.
Group I. Treatment of Minor Ailments (excluding uncleanllness): | |||
Total number of defects treated, or under treatment during the year under the Authority's Scheme 8,027 |