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Croydon 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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GROUP V.—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.

(1) Average number of visits per School made during the year by the School Nurses2
(2) Total number of examinations of children in the schools by School Nurses27,733
(3) Number of individual children found unclean3,367
(4) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Looal Education Authority35
(5) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken— (a) Under the Education Act, 1921Nil.
(b) Under BcJhool Attendance Bye-lawsNil.

SECONDARY.
13.—SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

TABLE I.—Return of Medical Inspections. A.—Routine Medical Inspections.

Number of Code Group Inspections— Entrants248
Intermediates407
Leavers278
Total933
Number of other Routine InspectionsNil.
B.—Other Inspections.
Number of Special Inspections5
Number of Re-inspections145
Total150