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West Ham 1956

[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, 1956-

Table: TABLE IReturn of Medical Inspection

TABLE I

Return of Medical Inspection

Code GroupNo. examined
Entrants1,956
Second Age Group1,577
Third Age Group2,547
Total:6,080
Additional periodic inspections1,513
Grand Total7,593
B. Other Inspections:
Number of Special inspection7,545
Number of reinspections5,215
Total:12,760
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
Entrants5106109
Second Age Group8744126
Third Age Group13257183
Total224207418
Additional periodic inspections644296
Grand Total288249 I514