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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TABLE II OTHER INSPECTIONS
Number of Special Inspections | 1,474 |
Number of Re-inspections | 3,048 |
TOTAL | 4,522 |
TABLE HI INFESTATION WITH VERMIN
(a) Total number of individual examinations of pupils in schools by school nurses or other authorised persons | 30,009 |
(b) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested | 134 |
(c) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2) Education Act 1944) | 31 |
(d) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(3) Education Act 1944) | - |
TABLE IV
DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION DURING THE
YEAR
Periodic Inspections and Special Inspections
Defect Code No. (1) | Defect or Disease (2) | Periodic Inspections | Special Inspections | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Entrants | Leavers | Others | Total | ||||
4 | Skin | T | 39 | 171 | 338 | ||
O | 6 | — | 3 | 9 | 2 | ||
5 | Eyes: (a) Vision | T | 93 | 61 | 109 | 263 | 56 |
O | 131 | 26 | 65 | 222 | 14 | ||
(b) Squint | T | 13 | — | 5 | 18 | 1 | |
O | 4 | — | 3 | 7 | — | ||
(c) Other | T | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | |
O | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | ||
6 | Ears: (a) Hearing | T | 36 | 6 | 30 | 72 | 80 |
O | 4 | — | 1 | 5 | 62 | ||
(b) Otitis Media | T | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |
O | 4 | — | 1 | 5 | — | ||
(c) Other | T | 6 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 5 | |
O | 2 | — | — | 2 | 3 |