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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
Walthamstow 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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5. RHVIEW OF THE FACTS DISCLOSED BY
MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
(N.B.—The numbers given below refer to medical and special inspections
and do not include other examinations at clinics).
| Number Inspected | "A" | "B" | "c" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Fair | Bad | |||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Entrants | 2173 | 1473 | 67.79 | 687 | 31.62 | 13 | 0.59 |
| Second Age Group | 1312 | 936 | 71.34 | 373 | 28.42 | 3 | 0.24 |
| Third Age Group | 1490 | 1176 | 78.99 | 307 | 20.60 | 7 | 0.4 |
| Others | 133 | 64 | 48.12 | 63 | 47.37 | 6 | 4.5 |
| Totals | 5108 | 3649 | 71.43 | 1430 | 28.0 | 29 | 0.57 |
(b)
| 1952 | 1951 | |
|---|---|---|
| Average visits to schools | 4 | 4 |
| Total examinations | 38,733 | 33,559 |
| No. of individual children found unclean | 479 | 724 |
| Percentage uncleanliness of average attendance | 2.9 | 5.1 |
The number of individual children found in England and Wales
in 1950 to be infested represented 7% of the school population, and
6% in 1951.
In Walthamstow the highest and lowest percentages since
1947 were 6.2 in 1949 and 2.4 in 1952. The average number of
children found to be unclean during these six years was 873 or
4.8% 6f the school population. Individual inspections in the schools
ranged between 43,141 in 1950 and 32,671 in 1947.
Although the percentage found unclean in 1952 was the lowest
ever recorded, the existence of 479 unclean children in the schools
leaves no room for complacency.
(c)
| Treatment | Observation | |
|---|---|---|
| Ringworm—Head | 3 | — |
| Body | — | — |
| Scabies | ||
| Impetigo | 5 | 1 |
| Other skin diseases | 107 | 53 |