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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

Redbridge 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]

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APPENDIX 17 (continued)

Table: TABLE B. - OTHER INSPECTIONSNOTES: A special inspection is one that is carried out at the special request of a parent, doctor, nurse, teacher or other person.A re-inspection is an inspection arising out of one of the periodic medical inspections or out of a special inspection.

TABLE B. - OTHER INSPECTIONS

NOTES: A special inspection is one that is carried out at the special request of a parent, doctor, nurse, teacher or other person.

A re-inspection is an inspection arising out of one of the periodic medical inspections or out of a special inspection.

Number of Special Inspections424
Number of Re-inspections579
Total1,003

Table: TABLE C. - INFESTATION WITH VERMIN All cases of infestation, however slight, are recorded.This return relates to individual pupils and not to instances of infestation.

TABLE C. - INFESTATION WITH VERMIN All cases of infestation, however slight, are recorded.

This return relates to individual pupils and not to instances of infestation.

(i) Total number of pupils examined in the schools by school nurses or other authorised persons26,083
(ii) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested143
(iii) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2), Education Act, 1944)-
(iv) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54(3), Education Act, 1944)-
(v) Number of individual pupils disinfested:-
3y Local Authority10
By parents133