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 Harrow]
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| Number of Special Inspections ,, | 1,594 |
| Number of Re-inspections | 3,429 |
| Total | 5,023 |
| (a) Total number of individual examinations of pupils in schools by school nurses or other authorised persons | 26,130 |
| (b) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested | 123 |
| (c) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2) Education Act 1944). . | 63 |
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| Defect Code No. (1) | Defect or Disease (2) | Periodic Inspections | Special Inspections | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | Leavers | Others | Total | ||||
| 4 | Skin | T | 56 | 48 | 63 | 167 | 348 |
| O | 12 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 3 | ||
| 5 | Eyes: (a) Vision | T | 167 | 57 | 160 | 384 | 65 |
| O | 185 | 37 | 102 | 324 | 13 | ||
| (b) Squint | T | 31 | - | 1 | 32 | - | |
| O | 7 | — | 2 | 9 | |||
| (c) Other | T | 14 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 4 | |
| O | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | |||
| 6 | Ears: (a) Hearing | T | 62 | 15 | 33 | 110 | 89 |
| O | 9 | — | 3 | 12 | 50 | ||
| (b) Otitis Media | T | 12 | 4 | 16 | 2 | ||
| O | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| (c) Other | T | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| O | — | — | — | 1 | |||