HC Deb 09 February 1944 vol 396 cc1781-2W
Mr. A. Edwards

asked the President of the Board of Education whether records have been made of the percentage of children in attendance at elementary and secondary schools, respectively, who have been subjected to medical inspection; and, if so, what that percentage was for the last five years for which the records are available.

Mr. Butler

The following table shows the numbers of children seen at routine medical inspections in each of the last five years for which returns are available, expressed as percentages of the actual number of children on the registers of those schools on a particular day in the year in question:

Year. Public Elementary Schools. Year. Grant-Aided Secondary Schools.
1938 … 33.3 1934 … 54.2
1939 … 26.2* 1935 … 55.5
1940 … 34.7 1936 … 53.5
1941 … 34.4 1937 … 52.2
1942 … 35.2 1938 … 55.4
* The low percentage in this year was due to the effects of evacuation.