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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
Barking 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Every school in the area covered by each school nurse is fully inspected during each term, the results of these examinations being as follows :-r-
| School. | Dept. | Nits only. | Nits and Vermin (head). | Body and clothing verminous. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gascoigne | Infants | 139 | 15 | 1 |
| Boys | 58 | 7 | 1 | |
| Girls | 304 | 15 | 2 | |
| North St. | Infants | 100 | 8 | — |
| Boys | 39 | 4 | 1 | |
| Girls | 159 | 6 | — | |
| Castle | Infants Boys Girls | 44 | 6 | 10 |
| Creeksmouth | Infants Boys Girls | 20 | 2 | — |
| Westbury | Infants | 138 | 22 | — |
| Boys | 21 | 2 | — | |
| Girls | 211 | 7 | — | |
| Ripple | Infants | 91 | 8 | 2 |
| Boys | 26 | 3 | 1 | |
| Girls | 146 | — | ||
| C. of E | Infants | 120 | 17 | — |
| Boys | 46 | 19 | 1 | |
| Girls | 257 | 9 | — | |
| R.C | Infants | 43 | 3 | 2 |
| Boys Girls | 138 | 5 | — | |
| Faircross | — | 67 | 6 | — |
Printed instructions are in all cases sent to parents or guardians
of children excluded from school as result of verminous
conditions, cleansing of the verminous person and clothing being
subsequently undertaken at the School Cleansing Station.
During 1925, 169 cases were so dealt with.
(c) Clothing.—Children with dirty clothing numbered 10 or
0.47 per cent., compared with 47 or 2.11 per cent. in 1924.
Children with defective footgear numbered 14 or 0.66. Cases
of children with defective footgear were as heretofore referred