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
Harrow 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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TABLE II
| Number of Special Inspections | 1,493 |
| Number of Re-inspections | 3,578 |
| TOTAL | 5,071 |
TABLE 111
INFESTATION WITH VERMIN
(a) Total number of individual examinations of pupils in schools by school
nurses or other authorised persons 38,265
(b) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested 194
(c) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were
issued (Section 54(2) Education Act 1944) 97
(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
| Defect Code No. (1) | Defects or Disease (2) | Periodic Inspections | Special Inspections | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | Leavers | Others | Total | ||||
| 4 | Skin | T | 88 | 76 | 88 | 252 | 461 |
| O | 15 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 4 | ||
| 5 | Eyes: (a) Vision | T | 133 | 110 | 157 | 400 | 68 |
| O | 116 | 21 | 63 | 200 | 16 | ||
| (6) Squint | T | 63 | 4 | 7 | 74 | 3 | |
| O | 9 | - | - | 9 | 1 | ||
| (c) Other | T | 15 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 2 | |
| O | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | ||
| 6 | Ears: (a) Hearing | T | 102 | 11 | 46 | 159 | 119 |
| O | 13 | - | 4 | 17 | 36 | ||
| (6) Otitis Media | T | 11 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 2 | |
| O | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | ||
| (c) Other | T | 6 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 15 | |
| O | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | ||