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Kingston upon Thames 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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48
and in cases where this is clone, I trust they will also see
that the children cultivate the habit of putting on the dry
shoes immediately they arrive at School.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
All Departments of every School are visited by the
School Medical Officcr each term for the purpose of carrying
out Routine, Special and Re-inspections.
A full description of the methods employed at these
inspections was set out in the Annual Report for 1925.
FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION.
(a) Uncleanliness.
The School Nurses visit all Schools within the first
fortnight of each term for the purpose of carrying out cleanliness
surveys, since a number of children return to School
after the holidays in an unsatisfactory condition.

Table: Parents are warned beforehand as to the hour their children are to be medically examined at Routine Inspections, and during the year attended as follows:—

Parents are warned beforehand as to the hour their children are to be medically examined at Routine Inspections, and during the year attended as follows:—

EntrantsBoys21517481%
Girls19915979%
Intermediates,Boys25617568%
Girls21615371%
LeaversBoys1667143%
Girls1769353%

Table: It must be borne in mind that a child exhibiting only a few nits is classified as unclean and the following- table clearly shows the satisfactory progress made during the last five years:—

It must be borne in mind that a child exhibiting only a few nits is classified as unclean and the following- table clearly shows the satisfactory progress made during the last five years:—

YearInspections.Unclean.Prosecutions.
192517,94693616
192617,5859448
192719,0128744
192818,6386525
192916,3256482