Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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children are stripped for examination whereas in the surveys
only those suspected of being of sub-normal nutrition are referred
for more thorough examination. No matter whether the results
of the surveys are an accurate estimation of the state of the
nutrition of the children or not, they serve the purpose of giving a
general impression of the nutrition of the children as a whole,
and that impression is that the nutrition of the Ealing children
is above the average.
UNCLEANLINESS.
Unfortunately, after their return from the reception areas
there was found during the year an increase in the number of
children who had uncleanly heads. As a result of the exclusions
and the stimulating activity of the School Nurses there were signs of
improvement at the last inspection of the year.
In the following table are indicated the number of inspections
of children carried out in the last six vears and the results obtained.
In column 4 the total number of children excluded, because they had lice or more than 10 nits in the hair, was 557, and the number concerning whom notices of uncleanliness were sent to the parents, because they had up to 10 nits in the hair, was 480, or together 1,037 or 4 per cent. of the total number of the children inspected.
Year | Average Number on Rolls | No. of examinations for verminous condition | Number of children excluded | Number of warning notices issued | Total Number of unclean children excluded or warned | Percentage of children unclean whether excluded or not | Legal proceedings taken under attendance Bye-laws |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1936 | 15,251 | 33,578 | 427 | 513 | 940 | 2:8 | 8 |
1937 | 17,062 | 39,955 | 743 | 587 | 1,330 | 3.3 | 21 |
1938 | 18,107 | 43,372 | 731 | 584 | 1,315 | 3.0 | 18 |
1939 | 18,174 (End of August) | 29,357 | 520 | 303 | 823 | 2.8 | 6 |
1940 | 8,600 (Nov.) | 25,615 | 466 | 325 | 791 | 3.0 | 1 |
1941 | 14,100 | 25,956 | 557 | 480 | 1,037 | 4.0 | 6 |