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Ilford 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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Table: B.—Classification of the General Condition of Pupils Inspected During the Year in the Age Groups (See Note (ii) on Table 1).

B.—Classification of the General Condition of Pupils Inspected During the Year in the Age Groups (See Note (ii) on Table 1).

Age Groups.Number of Pupils Inspected.A.—(Good).B—(Fair).C.—(Poor).
No.% of Col. 2.No.% of Col. 2.No.% of Col. 2.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
Entrants2,38193739.31,38658.3582.4
Second Age Groups2,03947623.41,54175.5221.1
Third Age Groups1,43047833.494365.990.7
Other Periodic Inspections-------
Total5,8501,89132.33,87066.2891.5

Table: TABLE III. Infestation with Vermin.

TABLE III. Infestation with Vermin.

All cases of infestation, however slight, are recorded.
This return relates to individual pupils and not to instances of infestation.
(i) Total number of examinations in the schools by school nurses or other authorized persons53,017
(ii) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested236
(iii) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2), Education Act, 1944)7
(iv) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 (3), Education Act, 1944)

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[N.B.—The information asked for in this table falls into these two Divisions
(a) and (6), except in Group 5 (Child Guidance Treatment).]

Table: TABLE IV.Treatment of Pupils Attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools (Including Special Schools).

TABLE IV.

Treatment of Pupils Attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools (Including Special Schools).

Notes:—(a)Treatment provided by the Authority includes all defects treated or under treatment during the year by the Authority's own staff, however brought to the Authority's notice, i.e., whether by periodic inspection, special inspection, or otherwise, during the year in question or previously.
(b)Treatment provided otherwise than by the Authority includes all treatment known by the Authority to have been so provided, including treatment undertaken in school clinics by the Regional Hospital Board.

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Number of examinations made by Skin Specialist—61.

Table: Group 1. —Diseases of the Skin (Excluding Uncleanliness, for whichsee Table III).

Group 1. —Diseases of the Skin (Excluding Uncleanliness, for which

see Table III).

Number of cases treated or under treatment during the year.
By the Authority.Otherwise.
Ringworm—(i) Scalp—1
Ringworm—(ii) Body6—
Scabies1—
Impetigo13—
Other skin diseases312110
Total332112