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1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
Scabies
Pupils treated 697 768 660 637 514
Vermin
Pupils treated 8,175 7,473 7,025 3,441 2,265
Treatments needed 13,787 13,647 11,799 4,345 2,764
Impetigo
Pupils treated 2,433 1,478 1,187 1,020 1,033
Ringworm
New cases 17 22 20 10 7
Employment of schoolchildren
Medical examinations were carried out divisionally of 5,264 children with a view to the
issue of employment certificates and 468 medical examinations were carried out at the
County Hall in respect of employment under licence in public entertainments.
Choice of employment
The percentage of school leavers advised against particular forms of employment was
13.3 per cent. of those inspected, compared with 12.9 per cent. in 1960. For boys the figure
fell from 14.6 per cent. in 1960 to 14.2 per cent. but for girls it rose from 11.1 per cent. to
12.3 per cent. As in recent years, normally acute vision headed the list of contra-indications
followed by colour vision (boys only) and heavy manual work:
Contra-indications Boys Girls
Occupations involving:
Heavy manual work 289 210
Sedentary work 10 32
Indoor work 3 8
Exposure to bad weather 141 140
Wide changes of temperature 107 83
Work in damp atmosphere 152 134
Work in dusty atmosphere 189 118
Much stooping 60 61
Work near moving machinery 101 103
Prolonged standing, much walking or quick movement from
place to place 256 256
Normally acute vision 2,031 2,027
Normal colour vision 511 5
Normal use of hands 25 13
Work requiring freedom from damp hands and skin defects 47 38
Handling or preparation of food 70 56
Normal hearing 78 57
note: The total number of contra-indications is greater than the number of pupils with contra-indications
since an individual may be noted for two or more contra-indications.
Infectious diseases in schools
When a pupil is absent from school, and the cause is either known or suspected to be due
to infectious disease, the head of the school notifies the divisional medical officer and the
borough medical officer of health.
These notifications are uncorrected for diagnosis, but form the best available index of
the trend of infectious disease in the school community; they are the only figures available
in respect of diseases which are not statutorily notifiable.
When the number of cases of infectious disease reported from a particular school
indicates the possibility of an outbreak, special visits are made by a school health visitor
and, if necessary, by a school doctor, in order to investigate the situation and take whatever
control action is necessary.
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