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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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| (iv) number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2), Education Act, 1944) | - |
| (v) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54(3), Education Act, 1944) | - |
TABLE IV.—Treatment Tables.
Group I.—Diseases of the Skin (excluding uncleanliness, for which see Table III).
| Number of cases treated or under treatment during the year by the | ||
|---|---|---|
| Authority | otherwise | |
| Ringworm—(i) Scalp | — | — |
| (ii) Body | 211 | — |
| Scabies | 2 | — |
| Impetigo | 12 | — |
| Other skin diseases | 433 | — |
| Total | 658 | — |
Group II.—Eye Diseases, Defective Vision and Squint.
| No. of Cases dealt with by the | ||
|---|---|---|
| Authority | otherwise | |
| External and other, excluding errors or refraction and squint | 61 | — |
| Errors of refraction (including squint) | 2,016 | — |
| Total | 2,077 | — |
| Number of pupils for whom spectacles were (a) Prescribed | 466 | — |
| (b) Obtained | 353 | — |