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 4.
SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
STATISTICS RELATING TO INSPECTION AND TREATMENT OF
NURSERY, SPECIAL, PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL PUPILS, 1950.
TABLE I
Return of Medical Inspection
A. | Periodic medical inspection: | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Code Group | No. examined. | |||
Entrants | 4,052 | |||
Second age group | 2,658 | |||
Third age group | 2,566 | |||
Total | 9,276 | |||
Other periodic inspections | 2,133 | |||
Grand Total | 11,409 | |||
B. | Other inspections: | |||
Number of special inspections and re-inspections | 16,399 |
TABLE II
Classification of the General Condition of children inspected during the year in the Periodic Age GroupsĀ®
Number of children | A (Good) | B (Fair) | C (Poor) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
inspected. | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
9,276 | 3,393 | 36.58 | 672 | 7.24 |
TABLE III
Defects Treated under the Authority's Scheme
Group 1. | Treatment of Minor Ailments (excluding uncleanliness): | |
Total number of defects treated, or under treatment during the year under the Authority's Scheme 6,465 |