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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

Ilford 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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Table: B. - CLASSIFICATION OF THE GENERAL CONDITION OF PUPILS INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE AGE GROUPS

B. - CLASSIFICATION OF THE GENERAL CONDITION OF PUPILS INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE AGE GROUPS

Age Groups inspected (by year of birth)Number of Pupils inspectedNumber whose condition was classified
SatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
19573123102
195655554312
19551351341
195456542
19533232-
19523131-
19511851796
19501,0501,03713
19495455405
19486146122
1947 and earlier1,5731,5703
TOTAL5,0885,04246

Table: TABLE III.INFESTATION WITH VERMIN.All cases of infestation, however, slight, are recorded.This return relates to individual pupils and not to instances of infestation.

TABLE III.

INFESTATION WITH VERMIN.

All cases of infestation, however, slight, are recorded.

This return relates to individual pupils and not to instances of infestation.

(i) Total number of pupils examined in the schools by school nurses or other authorised persons16.330
(ii) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested89
(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 whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54(3), Education Act, 1944-
(v) Number of individual pupils disinfested:- By Local Authority57
By parents32