London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Croydon 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE B-OTHER MEDICAL INSPECTIONS
NOTES:-A special inspection-is one that is carried out at the special
request of a parent, doctor, nurse, teacher or other person.
A re-inspection is an inspection arising out of one of the
periodic medical inspections or out of a special inspection.
Number of Special Inspections 579
Number of Re-inspections 3,955
Total 4,534
TABLE C - INFESTATION WITH VERMIN
| Total number of individual examinations of pupils in schools by school nurses or other authorised persons | 55,051 | |
| Total number of individual pupils found to be infested | 381 | |
| Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2), Education Act, 1944) | 5 | |
| Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54(3), Education Act, 1944) | Nil |