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: iv
school health service
statistics relating to inspection and treatment of
nursery, special, primary, secondary and grammar school pupils, 1951.
TABLE I.
Return of Medical Inspection
A. Periodic medical inspection: | ||
---|---|---|
Code Group | No. examined | |
Entrants | 3,425 | |
Second age group | 2,411 | |
Third age group | 2.303 | |
Total | 8,139 | |
Other periodic inspections | 816 | |
Grand Total | 8,955 | |
B. Other inspections: | ||
Number of special inspections and relnspections | 20,991 |
TABLE II
Classification of the General Condition of children inspected during the year in the Periodic Age Groups.
Number of children inspected | A (Good) | B (Fair) | C (Poor) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
8,139 | 3,132 | 38.48 | 4,368 | 53.67 | 639 | 7.85 |
TABLE III Verminous Conditions
(1) Total number of examinations of children in the schools by the | 42,954 |
(2) Number of individual children found unclean | 1,774 |
TABLE IV. Defects Treated
Group I. Treatment of Minor Ailments (excluding uncleanliness): | |
Total number of defects treated, or under treatment during the year under the Authority's Scheme | 5,924 |