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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 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Table XI.CHIEF CAUSES OF EXCLUSIONS FROM SCHOOL.

Table XI.

CHIEF CAUSES OF EXCLUSIONS FROM SCHOOL.

Condition.Exclusions during 1935.Percentage of total exclusions.Exclusions during 1934.Percentage of total exclusions.
Ringworm—Head20.02100.17
,, Body360.35200.34
Verminous Conditions222321.7661610.50
Impetigo2672.612394.07
Scabies370.36270.46
Scarlet Fever4174.085289.00
Measles6196.06137323.43
Diphtheria2862.803335.68
Whooping Cough3113.0472312.34
Chicken Pox8418.235489.35
Mumps356134.85731.24
Tuberculosis (all forms)280.27210.35
External Eye Disease240.23130.22
Sore Throat2362.312073.53
Other Causes133013.02112919.27
10218...5860...

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It must be remembered that the figures for exclusions are
not related in any way to the figures obtained in routine medical
inspections.
There were 4,358 more children excluded from school on
account of various illnesses than in 1934.
The chief causes of exclusion were Infectious Diseases, 59.06
per cent., practically the same figure as for 1934. The Infectious
Diseases constituting the major cause of these exclusions changed,
however. Mumps was very prevalent, after several years
quiescence, whilst Measles followed its usual biennial course.
Exclusions on account of verminous conditions were higher
than in 1934 or 1933, and constituted 21.76 per cent. of the total
exclusions.
The health visitors examined 65,698 children in the schools
in connection with their primary inspections for the personal
cleanliness of the scholars. Impetigo was more prevalent than in
1934.