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
Enfield 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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Uncleanliness. Of 5,063 children examined three were found
to have vermin in their heads, and 97 had nits, i.e., 1.9 per cent,
were unclean
No cases of body vermin were found.
| Number of children examined | 5,063 |
| Number of children classified " A " | 673 |
| Percentage of children classified " A " | 13.2 |
| Number of children classified " B " | 3,431 |
| Percentage of children classified " B " | 67.8 |
| Number of children classified " C " | 870 |
| Percentage of children classified " C " | 17.2 |
| Number of children classified " D " | 89 |
| Percentage of children classified " D " | 1.8 |
A Excellent
B Normal
C Slightly sub-normal
D Bad
| Measles | 99 |
| German Measles | 2 |
| Mumps | 28 |
| Whooping Cough | 45 |
| Chickenpox | 97 |
| Scarlet Fever | 168 |
| Diphtheria | 8 |
| Poliomyelitis | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 3 |
| Number of home visits | 2,859 |
| Number of school visits | 301 |
| Number of school visits for routine examination of heads | 211 |
| Total number of heads examined | 48,174 |
| Number of individual children found unclean | 1,167 |
| Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken | — |