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Tottenham 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Table: ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION.Table I.—Medical Inspections of Children attending Primary and Secondary Schools—Year ended 31st December, 1946.

ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION.

Table I.—Medical Inspections of Children attending Primary and Secondary Schools—Year ended 31st December, 1946.

(1) No. of routine Inspections aocording to age groups:—
Entrants2,342
Second Age Group1,979
Third Age Group1,264
Total5,585
(2) No. of other Routine Inspections (leavers)817
Grand Total6,402
B.—Other Inspections.
No. of "Specials" and Re-Inspections 26,039.

Table: Table II.—Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the year under review in the routine age groups .

Table II.—Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the year under review in the routine age groups .

Inspections.A. (Excellent).B. (Normal).C. (Slightly Sub-Normal).D. (Bad).
No.%No.%No.%No.%
5,5853075.54,91888.03516.390.2

Table: Table III.GroupI.—Treatment of Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness.) Total number of defects treated or under treatment during the year under the Authority's Scheme 5,624

Table III.

GroupI.—Treatment of Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness.) Total number of defects treated or under treatment during the year under the Authority's Scheme 5,624

Under the Authority's Scheme.
Errors of Refraction (including Squint)1,096
Other defects or diseases of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I)23
Total1,119
No. of Children for whom spectacles were:Under the Authority's Scheme.
(a) Prescribed796
(b) Obtained791