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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

Bexley 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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Table: B. — Classification of the General Condition of Pupils Inspected during the Year in the Age Groups.

B. — Classification of the General Condition of Pupils Inspected during the Year in the Age Groups.

Age GroupsNo. of Pupils InspectedA. (Good)B. (Fair)C. (Poor)
No.% ol col. 2No.% of col. 2No.% of col. 2
(I)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
Entrants123148139.068955.9614.9
Second Age Group110845841.361555.5353.1
Third Age Group89346351.741646.5141.5
Other Periodic Inspections201787743.4104952.0914.5
Total5249227943.4276952.72013.8

Table: TABLE III. Infestation with Vermin. Primary and Secondary Schools.

TABLE III. Infestation with Vermin. Primary and Secondary Schools.

(i)Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorised persons9,260
(ii)Total number of pupils on roll of schools visited4,998
(iii)Total number of individual pupils found to be infested44
(iv)Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2), Education Act, 1944)5
(v)Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54(3), Education Act, 1944)–
Grammar and Technical Schools.
(i)Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorised persons206
(ii)Total number of pupils on roll of schools visited227