Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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School. | Dept. | No. of Examinations | Nits only. | Nits and Vermin (head) | Body and clothing verminous. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gascoigne | Infants | 1408 | 156 | 13 | 2 |
Boys | 1431 | 42 | 2 | ||
Girls | 1245 | 248 | 9 | — | |
North St. | Infants | 1635 | 120 | 3 | — |
Boys | 948 | 39 | 2 | — | |
Girls | 1033 | 159 | — | ||
Castle | Infants BoysGirls | 361 | 48 | 9 | — |
Creeksmouth | Infants Boys Girls | 81 | 11 | 2 | — |
Westbury | Infants | 1188 | 123 | 14 | — |
Boys | 1060 | 34 | 3 | — | |
Girls | 1154 | 176 | 5 | * | |
Ripple | Infants | 862 | 68 | 3 | — |
Boys | 1054 | 23 | 1 | — | |
Girls | 906 | 107 | — | — | |
C. of E. | Infants | 614 | 117 | 9 | — |
Boys | 611 | 52 | 6 | — | |
Girls | 582 | 189 | 11 | — | |
R C. | Infants | 274 | 42 | 4 | — |
Boys Girls | 708 | 122 | 11 | 1 | |
Faircross | 644 | 64 | 10 | — | |
Park Modern | Mixed | 565 | 15 | — | — |
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 when necessary
being subsequently undertaken at the School Cleansing Station.
During 1927, 183 cases were dealt with.
In submitting to you the foregoing table, which has reference
to the number of infested children found at the various schools,
I wish to make it perfectly clear I am following precedent, and I
wish further to make it quite clear that the figures cannot be used
strictly for comparing school with school as to efficiency.
Different schools have different problems to face, which makes
comparison impossible, and I have no doubt you are convinced