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 1972

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]

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Table: TABLE II OTHER INSPECTIONS

TABLE II OTHER INSPECTIONS

Number of Special Inspections1,520
Number of Re-inspections3,462
TOTAL4,982

Table: TABLE III INFESTATION WITH VERMIN

TABLE III INFESTATION WITH VERMIN

(a)Total number of individual examinations of pupils in schools by school nurses or other authorised persons32,447
(b)Total number of individual pupils found to be infested207
(c)Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2) Education Act 1944)137
(d)Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(3) Education Act 1944)_

Table: TABLE IVTREATMENT OF PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS(including Nursery and Special Schools)EYE DISEASES, DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT

TABLE IV

TREATMENT OF PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS

(including Nursery and Special Schools)

EYE DISEASES, DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT

Number of cases known to have been dealt with
External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint62
Errors of refraction (including squint)1,388
TOTAL1,450
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed357