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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

West Ham 1954

[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 OP NURSERY,
SPECIAL, PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL PUPILS, 1954.

Table: TABLE I Return of Medical Inspection

TABLE I Return of Medical Inspection

A. Periodic medical inspection:
Code GroupNo.examined
Entrants3,751
Second Age Group2,579
Third Age Group2,185
Total8,515
Other periodic inspections595
Grand Total9,110
B. Other inspections:
Number of special inspections and reinspections14,463

Table: C. Pupils found to require treatment;

C. Pupils found to require treatment;

Age Groups InspectedFor defective vision (excluding squint)For any of the other conditions recorded in Table IIATotal individual pupils
Entrants44231269
Second Age Group184149319
Third Age Group14379216
Total371459804
Other periodic inspections ø192441
Grand Total390483845

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ø E.g., Children at special schools or who missed the usual
periodic examination.
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