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
Beckenham 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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TABLE V.
Verminous Conditions.
| (1) | Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 17 |
| (2) | Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 7,992 |
| (3) | Number of individual children found unclean | 31 |
| (4) | Number of individual children cleansed under Section 87(2) and (3) of the Education Act, 1921 | Nil |
| (5) | Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken | Nil |
TABLE VI.
Blind and Deaf Children
| (a) Children too blind to attend ordinary schools and not receiving special instruction | Nil |
| (b) Children too deaf to attend ordinary schools and not receiving special instruction | Nil |