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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TABLE III. Infestation with Vermin.
(i) | Total number of examinations in the Schools by the School Nurses | 50,034 |
(ii) | Total number of individual pupils found to be infested | 499 |
(iii) | Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2), Education Act, 1944) | - |
(iv) | Number of individual pupils in respect of which cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 (3), Education Act, 1944) | - |
These figures relate to individual pupils and not to instances of infestation.
TREATMENT TABLES.
TABLE IV.
Group I.—Minor Ailments (Excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table III). | |
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(a) Skin. | Number of defects treated, or under treatment during the year |
Ringworm—Scalp:— | |
(i) X-Ray treatment | 1 |
(ii) Other treatment | — |
Ringworm—Body | 3 |
Scabies | 5 |
Impetigo | 43 |
Other skin diseases | 377 |
Eye Disease (External and other, but excluding errors of refractions, squint and cases admitted to Hospital.) | 144 |
Ear Defects (Treatment for serious diseases of the ear (e.g., operative treatment in Hospital) are not recorded here but in the body of this Report.) | 152 |
Miscellaneous | 533 |
Total | 1,258 |
5,295 |