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
Ealing 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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E.—Treatment of Uneleanliness.
(a) The average number of visits made by the School
Nurse to each School 3
(b) The total number of examinations made of Children
by School Nurses in a year in the Schools 5691
(c) The number of individual Children found unclean 711
(d) The arrangements made by the Authority for
cleansing, and the number of children cleansed Nil
(e) The School Attendance Officer issued summonses
in ten cases where the children were not cleansed
in a reasonable time, a fine of 20s. being imposed
by the Justices in two cases, 10s. in one case,
5s. in five cases, and two were cautioned.