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Walthamstow 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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examined (and re-classified if necessary) at each subsequent
re-inspection. Removal from the "Official" milk list will
only be effected at such re-inspections.
If no classification has already been entered on the existing
•cards this should be done.
(b) Uncleanliness.— No children were cleansed under
arrangements by your Committee, nor were any legal proceedings
taken.

The following table gives comparative figures for the past two vears:—

1935.1934.1933.
Average number of visits to Schools444
Total examinations50,45661,20543,611
Number of individual children found unclean1,4371,3011,440
Percentage uncleanliness of average attendance8.97.88.2

Cases of chronic uncleanliness are followed up in the home
and not by repeated inspections at school, as previously
carried out.

(c) Clothing and Footgear.—The table below gives the figures in regard to clothing and footgear:—

Clothing Unsatisfactory.Footgear Unsatisfactory.
1935.1934.1933.1935.1934.1933.
%%%%%%
Boys5.45.64.65.25.45.8
Girls5.66.43.76.45.93.8
SECOND AGE GROUP.
Boys2.14.01.73.24.11.9
Girls3.75.74.44.07.03.8
THIRD AGE GROUP.
Boys2.02.72.02.43.22.5
Girls2.82.51.63.33.03.6

The percentage of clothing and footgear found to be unsatisfactory
showed a marked increase from 1933 to 1934,
but the 1935 findings are more comparable to those of 1933.