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 | 1,529 |
| Number of Re-inspections | 3,474 |
| TOTAL | 5,003 |
| (a) | Total number of individual examinations of pupils in schools by school nurses or other authorised persons | 26,529 |
| (b) | Total number of individual pupils found to be infested | 81 |
| (c) | Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2) Education Act 1944) | 20 |
| (d) | Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(3) Education Act 1944) |
| Defect Code No. (1) | Defects or Disease (2) | Periodic Inspections | Special Inspections | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | Leavers | Others | Total | ||||
| 4 | Skin | T | 58 | 51 | 91 | 200 | 396 |
| O | 10 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 5 | ||
| 5 | Eyes:(a) Vision | T | 104 | 98 | 193 | 395 | 71 |
| O | 130 | 30 | 92 | 252 | 16 | ||
| (6) Squint | T | 48 | 2 | 5 | 55 | 2 | |
| O | 7 | — | 8 | — | |||
| (c) Other | T | 8 | _ | 5 | 13 | 7 | |
| O | — | — | 1 | ||||
| 6 | Ears: (a) Hearing | T | 51 | 9 | 46 | 106 | 119 |
| O | 12 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 29 | ||
| (b) Otitis Media | T | 7 | 4 | 12 | 1 | ||
| O | 4 | — | 5 | — | |||
| (c) Other | T | 2 | —_ | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| O | — | — | 2 | ||||