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 Croydon]
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Condition. | Exclusions during 1934. | Percentage of total exclusions. | Exclusions during 1933. | Percentage of total exclusions. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ringworm—Head | 10 | 0.17 | 11 | 0.26 |
,, Body | 20 | 0.34 | 23 | 0.54 |
Verminous Conditions | 616 | 10.50 | 542 | 12.71 |
Impetigo | 239 | 4.07 | 230 | 5.39 |
Scabies | 27 | 0.46 | 49 | 1.15 |
Scarlet Fever | 528 | 9.00 | 282 | 6.61 |
Measles | 1373 | 23.43 | 1215 | 28.48 |
Diphtheria | 333 | 5.63 | 115 | 2.70 |
Whooping Cough | 723 | 12.34 | 404 | 9.47 |
Chicken Pox | 548 | 9.35 | 870 | 20.40 |
Mumps | 73 | 1.24 | 66 | 1.55 |
Tuberculosis (all forms) | 21 | 0.35 | 37 | 0.87 |
External Eye Disease | 13 | 0.22 | 14 | 0.33 |
Sore Throat | 207 | 3.53 | 203 | |
Other Causes | 1129 | 19.27 | 204 | 4.78 |
5860 | ... | 4265 | ... |
There were 1,595 more children excluded from school on
account of various illnesses than in 1933.
The chief causes of exclusion were Infectious Diseases, 61.4
per cent. Exclusions on account of verminous conditions were
higher than in 1933 or 1932, and constituted 10.50 per cent, of
the total exclusions.
The health visitors examined 66,796 children in the schools
in connection with the personal cleanliness of the scholars.
Impetigo was slightly more prevalent than in 1933.