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Ilford 1953

[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 GroupNumber of Pupils InspectedA—(Good)B.—(Fair)C—(Poor)
No.% of Col. 2No.% of Col. 2No.% of cor. 2
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
Entrants3221120337.3190959.31093.4
Second Age Groups215271033.0134962.7934.3
Third Age Groups103835021.4121274.0764.6
Other Periodic Inspections402050.02050.0——
Totals7051228332.4449063.727839

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TABLE III.
Infestation with Vermin.
All cases of infestation, however slight, are recorded.

Table: This return relates to individual pupils and not to instances of infestation.

This return relates to individual pupils and not to instances of infestation.

(i)Total number of pupils examined in the schools by school nurses or other authorized persons21,065
(ii)Total number of individual pupils found to be infested187
(iii)Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2), Education Act, 1944)5
(iv)Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 (3), Education Act, 1944)
(v)Number of individual pupils disinfested:—
By Local Authority65
By parents122

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.