London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Number of children inspected for cleanliness
(first inspection) 51,953
Number of children inspected (subsequent
inspections) 878
Number of children found unclean (first
inspection) (508 occasions of infestation) 360
Number of occasions in which children found
unclean (subsequent inspections) 135
At the primary inspections vermin were found in 22 and nits
alone in 486 children. On these inspections 1.0 per cent, of
the children showed evidence of infestation as against 0.9 in
1957.
26 children attended the Cleansing Station for treatment for
verminous conditions and 2 for scabies.