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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 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Table II INFESTATION WITH VERMIN

Table II INFESTATION WITH VERMIN

(i) Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorised persons66,862
(ii) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested289
(iii) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2), Education Act, 1944)NIL
(iv) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54(3), Education Act, 1944)_

Table: Table IIIA. RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION

Table III

A. RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION

Defect Code No.DEFECT OR DISEASE (1)Periodic InspectionsTOTAL (including all other age groups inspected)
EntrantsLeavers
TreatmentObservationTreatmentObservationTreatmentObservation
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)
4SKIN164813610
5EYES -
(a) Vision314126746094
(b) Squint4293-6715
(c) Other7321267
6EARS -
(a) Hearing720-21734
(b) Otitis Media66121110
(c) other-31--4
7NOSE OR THROAT14514084252195
8SPEECH2428--3633
9CERVICAL GLANDS18--216
10 11HEART AND CIRCULATION1143102035117
LUNGS4969131288129
12DEVELOPMENTAL -
(a) Hernia14--77
(b) Other2101032535
13ORTHOPAEDIC -
(a) Posture271245317139
(b) Flat Foot4229246151104
(c) Other474419411173
14NERVOUS SYSTEM -
(a) Epilepsy1214412
(b) Other37121116
15PSYCHOLOGICAL -
(a) Development251-97
(b) Stability159112719
16ABDOMEN------
17OTHER622022713463