Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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TABLE 49
INSPECTIONS FOR CLEANLINESS
Infestation with Vermin
(a) Total number of individual examinations of pupils in school | 80,784 |
(b) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested | 162 |
(c) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2) Education Act, 1944) | 64 |
(Classified in accordance with the requirements of the Department of
Education and Science)
Skin: Ringworm | (i) Scalp | — |
(ii) Body | — | |
Scabies | 3 | |
Impetigo | 10 | |
Other | 2,201 | |
Eye Disease | 228 | |
Ear Defects | 131 | |
Miscellaneous | 1,846 | |
Total attendances at Minor Ailments Clinics | 20,904 | |
Number of Special Inspections at Minor Ailments Clinics | 2,401 | |
Number of other Special Inspections | 560 | |
Number of Re-examinations | 2,341 | |
Freedom from Infection examinations prior to school journeys | 1,931 |
TABLE 51
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CLINICS
Total attendances | 1,295 |
New cases | 260 |
Number of individual children seen | 538 |
Number who received treatment at E.N.T. Clinics | 155 |
Number referred to hospital for Tonsillectomy and/or Adenoidectomy | 100 |
Number referred to hospital for other treatment | 42 |
Number referred for X-ray | 39 |