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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Merton 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]

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Table: Number of Individual Children found at Routine Medical Inspections to require treatment (excluding uncleanliness and dental disease)

Number of Individual Children found at Routine Medical Inspections to require treatment (excluding uncleanliness and dental disease)

GroupNumber of children inspectedNumber of children requiring treatmentPercentage requiring treatment
%
1965 and later1,069585.42
19641,48320814.03
19633836416.71
19621522919.07
19611,63724114.72
19601852915.67
19591082119.44
1958741216.35
19571904322.63
19561101715.45
195528621.43
1954 and earlier1,32231423.75
Totals6,7411,04215.61

Table: Classification of General Condition of pupils inspected during 1969

Classification of General Condition of pupils inspected during 1969

GroupNumber of children inspectedPercentage found satisfactoryPercentage found unsatisfactory
%%
1965 and later1,069100—
19641,48399.930.07
1963383100—
1962152100—
19611,637100—
1960185100—
1959108100—
195874100—
1957190100—
1956110100—
195528100—
1954 and earlier1,322100—
Totals6,74199.930.07

Table: SECTION B.

SECTION B.

Treatment
Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
1.Total number of individual examinations of pupils by
Health Visitors in Schools6,506
2.Number of individual pupils found to be infested82
3.Number of exclusions:—
First time13
Second time2
15
4.Number of pupils cleansed7
5.Number of Ceansing Notices or Cleansing Orders issued under Section 54 of the Education Act, 19445