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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 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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Table: D.—Classification of the Physical Condition of Pupils Inspected during the Year in the Age Groups.

D.—Classification of the Physical Condition of Pupils Inspected during the Year in the Age Groups.

Age Groups InspectedN umber of Pupils InspectedSatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
No.% of Col. (2;No.% of Col. (2)
(1) Entrants(2) 790(3) 781(4) 98.9(5) 9(6) 1.1
Second Age Group86685098.2161.8
Third Age Group94093599.55.5
Additional Periodic Inspections1598157998.8191.2
Total4194414598.8491.2

Table: TABLE II. Infestation with Vermin.

TABLE II. Infestation with Vermin.

(i)Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorised persons4,891
(ii)Total number of individual pupils found to be infested11
(iii)Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2), Education Act, 1944)2
(iv)Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54(3), Education Act, 1944)-