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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Table: (b)Uncleanliness.—The measures taken to deal with uncleanliness and verminous condition were fully described in the report for 1934. The number of children found unclean in the last four years were as follows:—

(b)Uncleanliness.—The measures taken to deal with uncleanliness and verminous condition were fully described in the report for 1934. The number of children found unclean in the last four years were as follows:—

Year.Average number on Rolls.No. of examinations for verminous condition.No. of individual children found unclean.Legal proceedings taken under Attendance Byelaws.
193313,25327,438625—
193414,07730,1837608
193514,46332,9517552
193615,25133,5788308

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FOLLOWING UP.
The arrangements made for following up children found at
routine or special inspections to be suffering from defective
conditions have been given in detail in previous years. The
number of visits made by the school nurses during the year under
review was 5,013.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR TREATMENT.
(a) Minor Ailments and Diseases of the Skin.—Inspection
clinics are held at each Health Centre on certain days in the week,
and treatment is offered for minor ailments and skin diseases.
It will be seen from Table IV, Group I (page 106) that as many as
95.1 per cent, attend the Health Centres for treatment in preference
to attending hospitals or private practitioners.