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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INSPECTIONS FOR CLEANLINESS
(a) | Total number of individual examinations of pupils in school | 71,439 |
(b) | Total number of individual pupils found to be infested | 135 |
(c) | Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2) Education Act, 1944) | 82 |
(Classified in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Education and Science)
Skin : Ringworm | (i) Scalp | — |
(ii) Body | — | |
Scabies | — | |
Impetigo | 18 | |
Other | 2,187 | |
Eye Disease | 115 | |
Ear Defects | 86 | |
Miscellaneous | 1,685 | |
Total attendances at Minor Ailments Clinics | 19,201 | |
Number of Special Inspections at Minor Ailments Clinics | 1,974 | |
Number of other Special Inspections | 590 | |
Number of Re-examinations | 2,374 | |
Freedom from Infection examinations prior to school journeys | 1,683 |
Total attendances | 1,138 |
New cases | 234 |
Number of individual children seen | 507 |
Number who received treatment at E.N.T. Clinics | 177 |
Number referred to hospital for Tonsillectomy and/or Adenoidectomy | 98 |
Number referred to hospital for other treatment | 71 |
Number referred for X-ray | 28 |