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Croydon 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table XI.

CHIEF CAUSES OF EXCLUSIONS FROM SCHOOL.

Condition.Exclusions during 1934.Percentage of total exclusions.Exclusions during 1933.Percentage of total exclusions.
Ringworm—Head100.17110.26
,, Body200.34230.54
Verminous Conditions61610.5054212.71
Impetigo2394.072305.39
Scabies270.46491.15
Scarlet Fever5289.002826.61
Measles137323.43121528.48
Diphtheria3335.631152.70
Whooping Cough72312.344049.47
Chicken Pox5489.3587020.40
Mumps731.24661.55
Tuberculosis (all forms)210.35370.87
External Eye Disease130.22140.33
Sore Throat2073.532034.76
Other Causes112919.272044.78
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.