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
West Ham 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Group VI.— Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
(i) Average number of visits per school made (luring
the year by the School Nurses 11.02
(li) Total number of examinations of children in the
Schools by School Nurses 75805
(iii) Number of individual children found unclean 1345
(iv) Number of children cleansed under arrangements
made by the Local Education Authority Nil
(v) Number of cases in which Legal proceedings were
taken:—
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921 Nil
(b) Under School Attendance Bye-laws Nil
200