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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
Bexley 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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Acute Anterio Poliomyelitis and Polio-Encephalitis 48
Food Poisoning 48
Scabies 48
Tables of Infectious Diseases Notified 49
Tuberculosis 50
SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES REPORT, 1947.
Welfare and School Services Sub-Committee 52
Staff 52—53
Schools 57
Clinics 57—58
Co-ordination—
Periodic Medical Inspections 59
Nutrition 59—60
School Meals 60—61
Minor Ailment Clinics 61—62
Ophthalmic Clinic 62—63
Dental Treatment 63—64
Cleanliness Inspections 64
Physical Education 65
Statistical Tables 66—72
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TABLE V.
Infestation with Vermin.
| (i) | Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorised persons .. | 23,929 |
| (ii) | Total number of individual pupils found to be infested | 179 |
| (iii) | Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2), Education Act, 1944) | 44 |
| (iv) | Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54(3), Education Act, 1944) | — |