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 East Ham]
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TABLE OF VERMINOUS CONDITIONS FOUND AT EXAMINATIONS FOR GENERAL CLEANLINESS.
Schools. | Dept. | Number Exam'd | Few Nits | Many Nits and Vermin | Schools. | Dept. | Number Exam'd | Few Nits | Many Nits and Vermin | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Altmore | S. Mixed | 760 | 8 | Monega | S. Boys | 709 | 1 | — | ||
Myope | 45 | 2 | — | |||||||
Napier | Infants | 500 | 42 | — | ||||||
Avenue | Infants | 499 | 16 | 8 | J. Boys | 1167 | 9 | — | ||
J. Girls | 750 | 39 | 17 | S. Boys | 719 | 16 | — | |||
J. Boys | 781 | 12 | 6 | Plashet | Infants | 420 | 14 | 1 | ||
Brampton | Infants | 1094 | 9 | — | J. Boys | 870 | 10 | 2 | ||
J. Girls | 1254 | 45 | 6 | S. Boys | 539 | 3 | — | |||
S. Girls | 739 | 10 | 4 | Salisbury | Infants | 518 | 18 | 2 | ||
Castle Street R.C. | Mixed | 524 | 9 | — | J. Mixed | 1025 | 20 | — | ||
Central Park | Infants | 592 | 6 | 1 | S. Mixed | 635 | 9 | — | ||
J. Boys | 1284 | 1 | — | Sandringham | Infants | 482 | 1 | 3 | ||
S. Boys | 741 | — | — | J. Mixed | 893 | 14 | 4 | |||
Cornwell | Infants | 951 | 69 | 13 | Sandringham | Central | 398 | 1 | 1 | |
S. Girls | 806 | 30 | 9 | Shaftesbury | Infants | 750 | 14 | — | ||
S. Boys | 658 | 8 | 1 | J. Girls | 977 | 19 | 1 | |||
Dersingham | Mixed | 930 | 41 | 7 | S. Girls | 639 | 19 | — | ||
Essex | Infants | 705 | 19 | 2 | Shrewsbury | Special | 129 | 8 | 1 | |
J. Boys | 1054 | 3 | — | Storey Street | J. Mixed | 356 | 9 | 5 | ||
S. Boys | 340 | 5 | — | S. Mixed | 672 | 30 | 3 | |||
Hartley | Infants | 583 | 19 | — | St. Michael's R.C. | Mixed | 550 | 32 | 6 | |
J. Girls | 825 | 34 | 2 | St. Winifride's R.C. | Mixed | 737 | 51 | 10 | ||
S. Girls | 507 | 22 | 1 | Vicarage | Infants | 716 | 56 | 3 | ||
Kensington | Infants | 466 | 4 | — | J. Girls | 1161 | 114 | 6 | ||
J. Girls | 1041 | 27 | 11 | S. Girls | 639 | 40 | 6 | |||
S. Girls | 562 | 19 | 3 | Winsor | Mixed | 1262 | 71 | 5 | ||
Lathom | Infants | 785 | 12 | 2 | Wakefield C. | Girls | 200 | 3 | — | |
J. Girls | 874 | 35 | — | Boys | 190 | — | — | |||
J. Boys | 886 | — | — | Grammar | Girls | 200 | – | – | ||
Monega | Infants | 622 | 11 | 1 | ||||||
J. Boys | 1010 | 5 | – | |||||||
Total | 40821 | 1144 | 153 | |||||||
Per cent. | in 1938 | 2.82 | 0.3 | |||||||
Per cent. | in 1937 | 3.23 | 0.3 |