London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wimbledon 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| 1. | Average number of visits per School made during the year by School Nurses | 7 |
| 2. | Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 13,200 |
| 3. | Number of individual children found unclean | 361 |
| 4. | Number of individual children cleansed under Section 87 (2) and (3) of the Education Act, 19'21 | 72 |
| 6. | Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:— | |
| (a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | ... | |
| (b) Under School Attendance Bye-laws | ... |