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
Kingston upon Thames 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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TABLE VI. Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
| (i) | Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 15 |
| (ii) | Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 13,041 |
| (iii) | Number of individual children found unclean | 342 |
| (iv) | Number of individual children cleansed under Section 87 (2) and (3) of the Education Act, 1921 | |
| (v) | Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken: | |
| (a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | — | |
| (b) Under School Attendance Byelaws | — |