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 Ilford]
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Group VI.—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
(i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the
School Nurses 7
(ii) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School
Nurses 50,536
(iii) Number of individual children found unclean 1,012*
(iv) Number of children cleansed under the arrangements made by the
Local Education Authority 20
(v) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:—
(а) Under the Education Act, 1921 2
(b) Under School Attendance Bye-laws Nil
* In addition 137 children were found unclean at medical inspection and
197 in the School Clinic