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SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE
(a) Nutrition.
The summary of heights and weights over 10 years which is printed at the
end of this Report in Table IX A. and B. shows no appreciable change.
(b) Incidence of Pediculosis and Scabies.
(i) Pediculosis.—This shows a slight increase on last year, 49 children
being found to be infected with living hair vermin as against 46 in 1946, 65 in
1945, 36 in 1944, and 25 in 1943.
(ii) Scabies.—This shows a decrease, 43 cases (5 being seen at the Minor
Ailment Clinics) as compared with 76 in 1946, 104 in 1945, 128 in 1944, 217 in
1943. In addition to the 43, 2 cases were treated privately. There was no
particular incidence in any one School.
School Premises.—There are 32 schools, with 60 departments, 19,002
children were actually on the rolls on 19th December 1947, as compared with
18,070 in December 1946.
The figure 19,002 includes Barking Abbey (226) and Ursuline County
Placed pupils (196).
The number of children in average attendance at school for the year
ended 19th December 1947 = 16,205.
The Sanitary Inspectors have paid the usual monthly visits to the
elementary schools (1) to enquire as to the milk supplies, (2) to inspect the
sanitary arrangements. 451 visits have been made during the year.
Medical Inspection.—In accordance with the Handicapped Pupils and
Medical Services Regulations, 1945 (para. 49), this is carried out as follows :—
(a) Every pupil who is admitted for the first time to a maintained
school, shall be inspected as soon as possible after the date of his
admission.
(b) Every pupil attending a maintained primary school shall be
inspected during the last year of his attendance at such a school.
(c) Every pupil attending a maintained secondary school shall be
inspected during the last year of his attendance at such a school.
During 1947, 4,028 parents, or 82 per cent., attended the full routine
medical inspections.

*Of this number 1,042 were notified as measles.
Disinfection of all the cloakrooms at the maintained primary and
secondary schools was carried out during the Summer and Winter vacations.
No schools were closed during the year on account of infectious disease.
Table VIII shows the incidence of infectious disease in the llford schools
during 1947.
137 home visits were paid by the Health Visitors to cases of minor
infectious disease. In addition the Sanitary Inspectors paid 1,042 visits to
measles cases, and 332 visits to whooping cough cases.