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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
Hammersmith 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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| 6/6 | 6/9 | 6/12 or worse | Noted for Treatment | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
| 81.1(79.7) | 76.5 (76. 1) | 8.8(9.3) | 5.2(6.3) | 6.0(6.3) | 4.5(6.3) | 5.6(6.7) | ||
| B. Wearing Glasses | 1.8(2.8) | 3.5(4.1) | 2.0(1.3) | 2.9(2.1) | 1.8(1.7) | 2.3(2.1) | 4.5(3.6) | |
| Number Tested Boys 3,860 (3,694) Girls 4,538 (3,986) | ||||||||
Personal Hygiene
An annual comprehensive survey of each pupil is carried out, together
with such additional health surveys as are thought necessary or desirable
at selected individual schools or departments. Details of the work done under
the cleansing scheme are shown below. The emphasis of the cleansing scheme
is on the children being cleansed by the parent at home where other verminous
members of the family may, in the privacy that the home affords, also use
the Lorexane No. 3 shampoo distributed by the school nursing department; thus
eradicating a possible source of recurring infestation to the child.
It is the practice for the school nurse, prior to the commencement of
school term, to visit families with records of infestation to ensure that
the children are clean and fit to return to school. This practice has continued
to be of considerable value.
Findings at Health Surveys - 1969
| School Roll - May 1969 | 26,829 | (26,733) | |||||
| 1. Comprehensive Surveys | |||||||
| (a) Number examined | 24,474 | (24,962) | |||||
| (b) Number (occasions) found verminous | 181 | (196) | |||||
| (c) Percentage found verminous | 0.74 | (0.78) | |||||
| 2. Selective Surveys | |||||||
| (a) Number examined | 13,211 | (16,600) | |||||
| (b) Number (occasions) found verminous | 364 | (332) | |||||
| (c) Percentage found verminous | 2.76 | (2.0) | |||||
| 3. | (a) Total times vermin found (l(b)+2(b) | 545 | 528 | ||||
| (b) Total % found verminous (3(a) as % of l(a)+2(a)) | 1.45 | (1.27) | |||||
| (c) Number of individual pupils found verminous | 314 | (328) | |||||
| (d) % of individual pupils found verminous (of school roll) | 1.13 | (1.23) | |||||
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