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

Barking 1926

[Report of the School Medical Officer for Barking

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Table: GROUP V.—UNCLEANLIXESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.

GROUP V.—UNCLEANLIXESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.

(i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurse3
(ii) Total number of examinations of children in the schools by School Nurses17,952
(iii) Number of individual children found unclean2,125
(iv) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education Authority120
(v) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921—
(b) Under School Attendance Bye-laws—