[Report 1949] / School Medical Officer of Health, Peterborough.

  • Peterborough (England). Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / School Medical Officer of Health, Peterborough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL STATISTICS Civilian Population (mid-1949) City of Peterborough . 54,120 Peterborough Rural District . 7,242 Barnack Rural District . 2^327 Administrative County . 63,609 Number of Schools Primary . 35 Secondary Modern . 7 Grammar ., _ 3 Nursery . 2 Open-air . 0 Total 48 MEDICAL INSPECTION Number of Children Examined, 1949 Entrants . 562 Second Age Group . 557 Third Age Group 533 Other Periodic Inspections . 37 Total 1,689 Number of Special Inspections. 79 Number of Re-inspections . 348 Total 427 Grand Total 2,116 594 of the 1,689 routine inspections were carried out by Dr. Rolleston; the remainder were undertaken by Dr. Johnstone and myself. Medical inspections and/or re-inspections were carried out at all schools except the following:— All Saint’s Junior Girls Dogsthorpe Junior Eastholme Junior Mixed New Fletton Infants Newark Queens Drive Infants St. Mary’s Infants West Town Infants Woodston Junior Mixed Village College, Glinton ) Thornhaugh ) Rural Areas Wittering ) Children at these schools were medically inspected early in 1950. FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION DISEASES AND DEFECTS Of the 1,689 children examined at the periodic medical inspections, 270 were found to be suffering from a disease or defect (other than dental diseases and infestation with vermin). This represents 15.9 per cent of all pupils inspected, which is a lower percentage than the average for England and Wales, which is 20%. The following Table shows the number of pupils inspected and the number found to require treatment in the various age groups:— Number of Children :- Group Inspected Found to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin) Entrants . 562 85 Second Age Group . 557 96 Third Age Group . 533 81 Other Periodic Inspections ... 37 8 TOTAL . ... 1689 270 Percentage of children found to require treatment 15.5 17.2 15.1 21.6 15.9