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Redbridge 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]
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APPENDIX 16
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
MEDICAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT
RETURN FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1967.
Part I — Medical Inspection of pupils attending maintained Primary and
Secondary Schools (including Nursery and Special Schools)
TABLE A. - PERIODIC MEDICAL INSPECTIONS
| Age groups Inspected (By year of Birth) | No. of pupils who have received a fall medical examination | Physical Condition of Pupils 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 (excluding squint) | for any other condition recorded at Part II | Total individual pupils | |||
| No | No. | ||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) |
| 1963 and later | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1962 | 1,280 | 1,266 | 14 | - | 29 | 136 | 161 |
| 1961 | 2,182 | 2,168 | 14 | - | 51 | 264 | 307 |
| 1960 | 1,214 | 1,212 | 2 | - | 37 | 113 | 147 |
| 1959 | 201 | 201 | - | - | 6 | 20 | 24 |
| 1958 | 131 | 130 | 1 | - | 5 | 21 | 26 |
| 1957 | 96 | 96 | - | - | 4 | 17 | 19 |
| 1956 | 99 | 99 | - | - | 7 | 17 | 22 |
| 1955 | 1,098 | 1,098 | - | - | 69 | 130 | 190 |
| 1954 | 630 | 628 | 2 | - | 47 | 65 | 110 |
| 1953 | 121 | 120 | 1 | - | 11 | 14 | 24 |
| 1952 and earlier | 2.255 | 2,252 | 3 | - | 152 | 76 | 209 |
| TOTAL | 9,307 | 9,270 | 37 | - | 418 | 873 | 1,239 |
| Col. (3) total as a percentage of Col (2) 99.60% total | Col (4) total an a percentage of Col (2) .40% total | ||||||