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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

Croydon 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Appendix A. E.—Treatment of Uncleanliness.

Appendix A. E.—Treatment of Uncleanliness.

(a) Average number of visits per annum made by the School Nurses to each school
(b) Total number of examinations made of children by School Nurses in the year m the schools11938
(c) The number of individual children found uncleanNits2028
Head Vermin419
Body „33
Total2480
(a) Arrangements made by the Local Authority for cleansing, and the number of children cleansed under these arrangementsAt Cleansing Station, Factory Lane, Croydon.
Head Vermin2
Body ,,26
Total28
(ie) Legal proceedings taken under the Children Act 1908, or the School Attendance Bye-laws1 Prosecution under the School Attendance Bye-laws. Fine of 10/- imposed.