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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SCHOOL HEALTH
Table 47
Inspections for cleanliness
Infestation with vermin
(a) Total number of examinations of pupils in school | 70,525 |
(b) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested | 107 |
(c) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2) Education Act 1944) | 44 |
Table 48 Medical treatment Defects treated at minor ailments clinics (Classified in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Education and Science) | |
Skin: Ringworm (i) Scalp | 1 |
(ii) Body | — |
Scabies | 1 |
Impetigo | 12 |
Other | 2,130 |
Eye Disease | 42 |
Ear Defects | 31 |
Miscellaneous | 1,154 |
Total attendances at Minor Ailments Clinics | 19,674 |
Number of Special Inspections at Minor Ailments Clinics | 1,696 |
Number of Re-examinations at Minor Ailments Clinics | 833 |
Table 49 Ear, nose and throat clinics | |
Total attendances | 541 |
New cases | 235 |
Number of individual children seen | 370 |
Number who received treatment at E.N.T. Clinics | 102 |
Number referred to hospital for tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy | 126 |
Number referred to hospital for other treatment | 27 |
Number referred for X-ray | 23 |