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Inspections
Children inspected at schools and clinics 9,128
Found to require treatment—Number 6,094
Percentage 66.7%
Acceptance—School Dental Service 4,890
percentage 80.2%
General Dental Services 1,204
percentage 19.8%
Inspections of local schools by Public Health Inspectors on matters
of environmental hygiene
At the requests of Head Teachers, the following visits were
made to schools during 1965: —
PURPOSE NUMBERS REMARKS
Food Hygiene 34 23 Visits at request of
11 Head Teachers, and on
routine inspections.
Food Inspection 12 12 Visits at request of
school catering service
re unsound food.
Infectious Diseases 16 16 Investigations
ing medical or school
notifications.
Nuisances 20 11 Visits on request of
9 Head Teachers or on
complaints from
parents, and on routine
inspections. Eighteen of
these nuisance complaints
were in respect
of minor defective
sanitary fittings or unsatisfactory
washing
facilities or drainage
defects, and two in
respect of inadequate
ventilation.
Surveys 1 1 At request of the
Education Authority.
TOTAL VISITS 83 83
The continued use of four huts as annexed classrooms of a
Junior School were the subject of concern to the teaching staff
and the advice of the Department was requested. On inspection,
considerable dampness was found to be due to various structural
defects. These defects were discussed with the Architect of the
Maintenance Section of the Inner London Education Authority
and his Assistant when it was apparent that the extent of repairs
and maintenance work necessary to secure a reasonable standard
of fitness was probably prohibitive and uneconomic in view of