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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 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE B - OTHER MEDICAL INSPECTIONS

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 Inspections995
Number of Re-inspections3,674
Total4,669

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 persons39,509
(b) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested334
(c) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2), Education Act, 1944)2
(d) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54(3), Education Act, 1944)Nil