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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
Enfield 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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Uncleanliness. Of 3,305 children examined none were found
to have vermin in their heads, and 60 had nits, i.e., 1.8 per cent,
had nits.
No cases of body vermin were found.
| Number of children examined | 3,305 | |
| Number of children classified "A " | 558 | |
| Percentage of children classified "A" | 16.9 | |
| Number of children classified " B " | 2,044 | |
| Percentage of children classified " B " | 61.9 | |
| Number of children classified " C " | 671 | |
| Percentage of children classified " C " | 20.3 | |
| Number of children classified " D " | 32 | |
| Percentage of children classified " D " | 0.9 | |
| A | Excellent | |
| B | Normal | |
| C | Slightly sub-normal | |
| D | Bad | |
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Measles 430
German Measles 2
Mumps 33
Whooping Cough 69
Chickenpox 55
Scarlet Fever 70
Diphtheria 10
Poliomyelitis 2
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 1
THE WORK OF THE SCHOOL NURSES.
Number of home visits 2,170
Number of school visits 240
Number of school visits for routine examination of heads 163
Total number of heads examined 32,539
Number of individual children found unclean 1,017
Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken —