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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 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TABLE B. - OTHER MEDICAL INSPECTIONS
NOTES:— A special inspection is one that is carried out at the special
request of a parent, doctor, nurse, teacher or other person.
A re-inspection is an inspection arising out of one of the
periodic medical inspections or out of a special inspection.
Number of Special Inspections 555
Number of Re-inspections 2,987
Total 3,542

Table: TABLE C.- INFESTATION WITH VERMIN

TABLE C.- INFESTATION WITH VERMIN

(a) Total number of individual examinations of pupils in schools by school nurses or other authorised persons47,602
(b) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested425
(c) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2), Education Act, 1944)4
(d) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54(3), Education Act, 1944)Nil