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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| I. | 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 | 12,595 |
| 3 | Number of individual children found unclean | 273 |
| Number of individual children cleansed under Section 87 (2) and (3) of the Education Act, 1921 | 35 | |
| 6 | Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken : — | |
| (a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | ... | |
| (b) Under School Attendance Bye-laws |