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
Hendon 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE VI.
UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
A statement as to the arrangements made by the Local Education
Authority for cleansing verminous children and a record of the cases
in which legal proceedings were taken, should be included in the body of
the School Medical Officer's Report.
All cases of uncleanliness, however slight, should be recorded.
The Return should relate to individual children and not to instances of uncleanliness.
| (i.) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 15 |
| (ii.) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 36797 |
| (iii.) Number of individual children found unclean (see note above) | 967 |
| (iv.) Number of individual children cleansed under Section 87 (2) and (3) of the Education Act, 1921 | Nil |
| (v.) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:— | |
| (a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | Nil |
| (b) Under School Attendance Byelaws | Nil |