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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 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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APPENDS IV
SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
STATISTICS RELATING TO INSPECTION AND TREATMENT OP NURSERY, SPECIAL,
PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL PUPILS, 1955.

Table: TABLE I Return of Medical Inspection A. Periodic medical inspection:

TABLE I Return of Medical Inspection A. Periodic medical inspection:

Code GroupNo. examined
Entrants2,668
Second Age Group2,329
Third Age Group1,871
Total6,868
Additional periodic inspections1,204
Grand Total8,072
B„ Other inspections:
Number of special inspections6,062
Number of reinspections6,026
Totalj12,088

Table: C. Pupils found to require treatments

C. Pupils found to require treatments

Age Groups Inspected< For defective vision (excluding squint)For any of the other conditions recorded in Table IIATotal individual pupils
Entrants28149174
Second Age Group14682220
Third Age Group8349130
Total257280524
Additional periodic Inspect ions5853109
Grand Total315333633