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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Table II INFESTATION WITH VERMIN
(i) Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorised persons | 66,862 |
(ii) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested | 289 |
(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 III
A. RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION
Defect Code No. | DEFECT OR DISEASE (1) | Periodic Inspections | TOTAL (including all other age groups inspected) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Entrants | Leavers | ||||||
Treatment | Observation | Treatment | Observation | Treatment | Observation | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | |
4 | SKIN | 16 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 36 | 10 |
5 | EYES - | ||||||
(a) Vision | 31 | 4 | 126 | 7 | 460 | 94 | |
(b) Squint | 42 | 9 | 3 | - | 67 | 15 | |
(c) Other | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | |
6 | EARS - | ||||||
(a) Hearing | 7 | 20 | - | 2 | 17 | 34 | |
(b) Otitis Media | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |
(c) other | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | |
7 | NOSE OR THROAT | 145 | 140 | 8 | 4 | 252 | 195 |
8 | SPEECH | 24 | 28 | - | - | 36 | 33 |
9 | CERVICAL GLANDS | 1 | 8 | - | - | 2 | 16 |
10 11 | HEART AND CIRCULATION | 11 | 43 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 117 |
LUNGS | 49 | 69 | 13 | 12 | 88 | 129 | |
12 | DEVELOPMENTAL - | ||||||
(a) Hernia | 1 | 4 | - | - | 7 | 7 | |
(b) Other | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 35 | |
13 | ORTHOPAEDIC - | ||||||
(a) Posture | 27 | 12 | 45 | 3 | 171 | 39 | |
(b) Flat Foot | 42 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 151 | 104 | |
(c) Other | 47 | 44 | 19 | 4 | 111 | 73 | |
14 | NERVOUS SYSTEM - | ||||||
(a) Epilepsy | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
(b) Other | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 16 | |
15 | PSYCHOLOGICAL - | ||||||
(a) Development | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | 9 | 7 | |
(b) Stability | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 19 | |
16 | ABDOMEN | - | - | - | - | - | - |
17 | OTHER | 62 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 134 | 63 |