London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wandsworth 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Visual acuity standards expressed as percentages of the numbers of children whose eyes were tested are set out in the following table:—
| Not wearing spectacles | Wearing spectacles | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/6 | 6/9 | 6/12 or worse | Referred for treatment | 6/6 | 6/9 | 6/12 or worse | Referred for treatment | ||
| 81.0 | 1.8 | ||||||||
| 1.8 | |||||||||
| 1.8 | |||||||||
| Year | Number examined | Number found verminous | Pupils found to be verminous % of number examined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
During both types of survey, vermin were found on 614 occasions,
representing 1.49% of the total number of examinations.
The number of individual pupils found to be verminous was 569
or 1.16% of the school roll of 49,033. On 514 occasions the
parents or children, or both, were advised about treatment and
in many cases were given Lorexane shampoo for home treatment.
On the further 100 occasions pupils were referred to bathing centres
for appropriate treatment.
The work done at the two bathing centres in the Borough in
connection with vermin, scabies and impetigo is shown in the
following table. A "case" is a child discharged after a course
of treatment (e.g. a child attending three courses of treatment
during the year counts as three cases). These figures include not
only schoolchildren referred after a health survey, but also those
attending on their own initiative.