London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Dagenham 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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Uncleanliness
The number of children found with vermin and/or nits during the year was 155.
Arrangements have been made with Hackney Borough Council for persistent offenders
to be cleansed in Hackney for a small fee, for which the Education General Purposes SubCommittee
take responsibility.
Infestation with Vermin
All cases of infestation, however slight, are recorded.
This return relates to instances of infestation and not to individual pupils.
(i) Total number of examinations of pupils in the schools by
school nurses or other authorised persons 19,505
(ii) Number of instances of infestation found 155
(iii) Number of cleansing notices issued Section 54 (2)
tion Act, 1944 155
(iv) Number of disinfestations carried out:—
By school nurses 27
By parents 128
VISUAL DEFECTS
Vision tests were carried out on all children at the school medical inspections and
117 referred for treatment at the Ophthalmic Clinics and 60 kept under observation.

Eye Diseases, Defective Vision and Squint

Number of cases dealt with
By the AuthorityOtherwise
External and other (excluding errors of refraction and squint)341151
Errors of refraction (including squint)-1,504
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed-535

Colour Vision

Colour vision testing was continued at all school medical inspections on all pupils at or over the age of 11 years and the following table shows the number of defects found.

Intermediate periodic medical inspectionsSchool leaving inspectionAt age 14 years
Tested for colour vision2,097695973
Found to have defect ofcolour vision2869