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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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| (iv) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2), Education Act, 1944) | — |
| (v) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54(3), Education Act, 1944) | — |
TABLE IV.—Treatment Tables.
Group I.—Diseases of the Skin (excluding uncleanliness, for which see Table III).
| Number of cases treated or under treatment during the year | ||
|---|---|---|
| by the Authority | otherwise | |
| Ringworm—(i) Scalp | — | — |
| (ii) Body | 6 | — |
| Scabies | 2 | — |
| Impetigo | 5 | — |
| Other skin diseases | 131 | — |
| Total | 144 | — |
| Group II.—Eye Diseases, Defective Vision and Squint. | ||
| No. of Cases by the Authority | dealt with otherwise | |
| External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint | 198 | 31 |
| Errors of refraction (including squint | 1,998 | 25 |
| Total | 2,196 | 56 |
| Number of pupils for whom spectacles were (a) Prescribed | 531 | — |
| (b) Obtained | 491 | — |