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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE XI.
| Condition. | Exclusions during 1938. | Percentage of total exclusions. | Exclusions during 1937. | Percentage of total exclusions. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ringworm— Head | 8 | 0.10 | 6 | 0.09 |
| Body | 19 | 0.24 | 18 | 0.27 |
| Verminous Conditions | 1682 | 21.06 | 1511 | 23.11 |
| Impetigo | 408 | 5.11 | 291 | 4.45 |
| Scabies | 171 | 2.14 | 95 | 1.45 |
| Scarlet Fever | 287 | 3.59 | 467 | 7.14 |
| Measles | 1613 | 20.20 | 763 | 11.67 |
| Diphtheria | 202 | 2.50 | 212 | 3.24 |
| Whooping Cough | 440 | 5.51 | 553 | 8.46 |
| Chicken Pox | 661 | 8.28 | 931 | 14.24 |
| Mumps | 1083 | 13.56 | 593 | 9.07 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 20 | 0.25 | 43 | 0.66 |
| External Eye Disease | 43 | 0.54 | 20 | 0.31 |
| Sore Throat | 329 | 4.12 | 352 | 5.38 |
| Other Causes | 1020 | 12.77 | 683 | 14.47 |
| 7986 | ... | 6538 | ... |
The figures for exclusions are not related in any way to the
figures obtained in routine medical inspections.
There were 1,448 more children excluded from school on
account of various illnesses than in 1937.
The chief causes of exclusion were Infectious Diseases, 53.9
per cent., and of these Measles (20.2 per cent.) and Mumps
(13.56 per cent.) were the principal offenders. All the other
notifiable diseases showed a decline. There were no exclusions on
account of Typhoid Fever during the year.
Exclusions on account of verminous conditions were higher
than in 1937 and constituted 21.1 per cent, of the total exclusions.
The health visitors examined 59,758 children in the schools in
connection with their primary inspections for the personal
cleanliness of the scholars. Impetigo was more prevalent than in
1937.