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
Enfield 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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TABLE 49
INSPECTIONS FOR CLEANLINESS
Infestation with Vermin
(a) Total number of individual examinations of pupils in school 80,261
(b) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested 65
(c) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices
were issued (Section 54 (2) Education Act, 1944) 22
TABLE 50
MEDICAL TREATMENT
Defects treated at Minor Ailments Clinics (Classified in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Education and Science)
| Skin : Ringworm (i) Scalp | 1 |
| (ii) Body | — |
| Scabies | 1 |
| Impetigo | 4 |
| Other | 2,306 |
| Eye Disease | 109 |
| Ear Defects | 78 |
| Miscellaneous | 1,751 |
| Total attendances at Minor Ailments Clinics | 20,133 |
| Number of Special Inspections at Minor Ailments Clinics | 1,826 |
| Number of other Special Inspections | 495 |
| Number of Re-examinations | 2,129 |
| Freedom from Infection examinations prior to school journeys | 1,736 |
TABLE 51 EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CLINICS
| Total attendances | 1,185 |
| New cases | 232 |
| Number of individual children seen | 451 |
| Number who received treatment at E.N.T. Clinics | 143 |
| Number referred to hospital for Tonsillectomy and/or Adenoidectomy | 79 |
| Number referred to hospital for other treatment | 41 |
| Number referred for X-ray | 44 |