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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
Edmonton 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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TABLE XVI. BOYS.
| Infants. Schools. | Boys. Schools. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | 1910 | 1912 | 1908 | 1910 | 1912 | |
| Brettenham Road | 15.5 | 14.5 | 5.3 | 10.4 | 17.1 | 4.6 |
| Croyland Road | 20.0 | 15.5 | 7.1 | 45.7 | 13.5 | 6.8 |
| Raynham Road | 31.1 | 15.6 | 9.5 | 8.0 | 22.0 | 7.9 |
| Eldon Road | 41.6 | 24.5 | 13.4 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 3.8 |
| Silver Street | 12.1 | 7.9 | 2.6 | 26.8 | 8.7 | 3.0 |
| Houndsfield Road | 33.9 | 31.6 | 9.5 | 6.8 | 9.8 | 8.6 |
| Montagu Road | 33.8 | 29.4 | 23.4 | 15.0 | 20.9 | 17.4 |
| All Saints’ | 10.0 | 11.2 | 13.8 | — | — | — |
| St. James’ | 25.0 | 5.0 | — | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| Latymer Elementary | — | — | — | 0.0 | 6.3 | 4.2 |
| St. Edmunds’ | — | — | 5.0 | — | — | 9.5 |
| All Schools | 21.0 | 16.7 | 9.8 | 14 | 15.5 | 6.8 |
GIRLS.
| Infants. Schools. | Girls. Schools. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | 1910 | 1912 | 1908 | 1910 | 1912 | |
| Brettenham Road | 51.4 | 48.5 | 45.4 | 55.8 | 61.0 | 44.3 |
| Croyland Road | 68.0 | 28.6 | 30.2 | 77.3 | 51.5 | 40.3 |
| Raynham Road | 69.4 | 56.7 | 36.6 | 78.4 | 65.4 | 50.0 |
| Eldon Road | 57.5 | 54.5 | 57.7 | 74.4 | 62.7 | 51.1 |
| Silver Street | 50.0 | 28.4 | 18.4 | 70.0 | 54.3 | 41.8 |
| Houndsfield Road | 70.5 | 43.4 | 42.6 | 86.7 | 49.7 | 38.8 |
| Montagu Road | 76.4 | 79.1 | 69.1 | 100.0 | 75.9 | 66.7 |
| All Saints. | 35.3 | 41.7 | 47.5 | 75.0 | 75.4 | 35.8 |
| St. James. | 36.3 | 42.6 | 128 | 61.5 | 26.6 | 9.6 |
| St. Edmunds. | — | — | 63.0 | — | — | 76.5 |
| All Schools | 58.0 | 46.8 | 41.8 | 74.0 | 58.4 | 44.0 |
The Junior Mixed Departments are not included in the table, as
the number of children examined at the routine inspections in these
departments was very small.
The figures in the table show that considerable improvement has
been made since the beginning of medical inspection. The improvement
is general, but in some schools it has been remarkable. Thus, in 1908,
in St. James. Girls. School 61.5 per cent. of the children had head nits,
and in 1912 this had come down to 9.6 per cent.; in Houndsfield Road
Girls. School the percentage has come down from 86.7 to 38.8, and All
Saints. Girls. School have reduced their percentage from 75.0 to 35.8.
Every other Girls. School has also improved, and we have now got to
well under 50 per cent. The reduction of the number of dirty heads is a
testimony to the unremitting efforts which the teachers have made in this
direction.