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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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INFESTATION WITH VERMIN.
(i) Total number of examinations in the
schools by the school nurses or
other authorised persons17,341
(ii) Total number of individual pupils
found to be infested 477
(iii) Number of individual pupils in
respect of whom cleansing notices
were issued (Section 54 (2),
Education Act, 1944) 143
(iv) Number of individual pupils in
respect of whom cleansing notices
were issued (Section 54 (3),
Education Act, 1944) -
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