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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
Redbridge 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]
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APPENDIX 11
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
MEDICAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT
RETURN FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1966.
Part I — Medical Inspection of pupils attending maintained Primary and
Secondary Schools (including Nursery and Special Schools)
TABLE A. - PERIODIC MEDICAL INSPECTIONS
| Age groops Inspected (By year of Birth) | No. of pupils who have received a full medical examination | Physical Condition of Papils Inspected | No. of pupils found not to warrant a medical examination | Pupils found to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | for defective vision (ex-clud ing squint) | for any other condition reco rded at Part II | Total individual papils | |||
| No | No. | ||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) |
| 1962 and later | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1961 | 512 | 509 | 3 | - | 7 | 54 | 60 |
| 1960 | 1,260 | 1,251 | 9 | - | 25 | 144 | 166 |
| 1959 | 246 | 245 | 1 | - | 11 | 26 | 35 |
| 1958 | 79 | 78 | 1 | - | 6 | 12 | 16 |
| 1957 | 75 | 74 | 1 | - | 4 | 17 | 20 |
| 1956 | 67 | 67 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 1955 | 178 | 178 | - | - | 11 | 13 | 23 |
| 1954 | 1,494 | 1,485 | 9 | - | 153 | 104 | 243 |
| 1953 | 731 | 722 | 9 | - | 75 | 65 | 129 |
| 1952 | 93 | 93 | - | - | 10 | 15 | 22 |
| 1951 and earlier | 1,033 | 1,032 | 1 | - | 100 | 62 | 157 |
| TOTAL | 5,768 | 5,734 | 34 | - | 408 | 515 | 880 |
Col. (3) total as a Col (4) total as a
percentage of Col (2) 99.41% percentage of Col (2) .59%
total total