Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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B.—Pupils Found to Require Treatment at Periodical Medical
Inspections.
Age Groups
Inspected
(by year of birth)
For
defective
vision
(excluding
squint)
For any of
the other
conditions
recorded in
Part II
Total
individual
pupils
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
1954 & later
2
2
1953
29
87
85
1952
33
143
129
1951
5
18
16
1950
69
98
132
1949
47
58
80
1948
9
15
17
1947
91
105
170
1946
40
56
74
1945
26
16
37
1944
6
10
12
1943 & earlier
99
150
204
Total
454
758
958
C.—Other Inspections.
Number of Special Inspections 1,672
Number of re-inspections 1,558
Total 3,230
D.—Infestation with Vermin.
(a) Total number of individual examinations of
pupils in schools by school nurses or other
authorised persons. 2,646
(b) Total number of individual pupils found to
be infested 11
(c) Number of individual pupils in respect of
whom cleansing notices were issued (Section
54(2), Education Act, 1944) 6
(d) Number of individual pupils in respect of
whom cleasing orders were issued (Section
54(3), Education Act, 1944)\ –
70