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Lambeth 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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2. Selective Surveys
(a) Number examined 7,316
(b) Number (occasions) found verminous 117
(c) Percentage found verminous 1.60
3. (a) Total times vermin found (1(b) + 2(b)) 310
(b) Total percentage found verminous
(3(a) as % of 1(a) + 2(a)) 1.06
(c) Number of individual pupils found verminous 193
(d) Percentage of individual pupils found verminous
(of school roll) 0.43
4. Action taken with Verminous cases
(a) Advice and/or Lorexane 251*
(b) Further action 59
(c) 4(b) expressed as a percentage of 4(a) 23.5
Analysis of 4(b) cases - referrals of hardcore cases to
bathing centres
Voluntary attendances at bathing Centres
No. of pupils 59
No. of statutory notices issued -
5. Communicable Disease Surveys
Number examined for:-
Athlete's Foot 6,502
Plantar Wart's 6,675
Dysentery
Other communicable diseases 4,399
*Includes 39 issues of Tuleo
SCHOOL DENTAL STATISTICS - 1965
1. School Roll 44,416