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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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TABLE V.—
Details of elementary school children inspected by dentists as routines: —
| Routine age groups | Age | Total 18,182 | |
| 4 | 375 | ||
| 5 | 779 | ||
| 6 | 3.742 | ||
| 7 | 4,040 | ||
| 8 | 4,127 | ||
| 9 | 1,021 | ||
| 10 | 934 | ||
| 11 | 944 | ||
| 12 | 1,033 | ||
| 13 | 1,081 | ||
| 14. | 106 |
TABLE VI.
UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
| Elementary schools. | |
|---|---|
| (1) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the school nurses | 11.93 |
| (2) Total number of examinations of children in the schools by the school nurses | 79,476 |
| (3) Number of individual children found unclean | 1,246 |
| (4) Number of children cleansed under section 87, Education Act, 1921 | _ |
| (5) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken: — | |
| — | |
| (b) Under the school attendance bye-laws | — |