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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
Hackney 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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FINDINGS AT HEALTH SURVEYS
(Carried out by School Nursing Staff)
| Hackney | I.L.E.A. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Comprehensive Surveys | ||
| (a) Number examined | 17,491 | 271,748 |
| (b) Number (occasions) found verminous | 201 | 2, 874 |
| (c) Percentage found verminous | 1.15 | 1. 06 |
| 2. Selective Surveys | ||
| (a) Number examined | 5,154 | 131,618 |
| (b) Number (occasions) found verminous | 162 | 2,885 |
| (c) Percentage found verminous.. | 3. 14 | 2. 19 |
| 3. (a) Total times vermin found (1(b) + 2(b)) .. | 363 | 5,759 |
| (b) Total % found verminous (3 (a) as %of 1(a) + 2(a)) | 1.60 | 1.43 |
| (c) No. of individual pupils found verminous | 254 | 3, 583 |
| (d) % of individual pupils found verminous (of school roll) | 0.74 | 0.87 |
| 4. Action taken with verminous cases | ||
| (a) Advice and/or Lorexane | 325 | 4,835 |
| (b) Further action | 38 | 924 |
| (c) 4(b) expressed as a percentage of 4(a) | 11.7 | 19.1 |
| Analysis of b(b) cases - referrals of hardcore cases | ||
| to bathing centres | ||
| Voluntary attendances at bathing centres | ||
| No. of pupils | 38 | 887 |
| No. of statutory notices issued | - | 2 |
| No. cleansed at centres following statutory notices | ||
| Voluntarily | - | 2 |
| Compulsorily | - | - |
| 5. Communicable Disease Surveys | ||
| Number examined for: | ||
| Athlete' s foot | 3,771 | 59,876 |
| Plantar Warts | 4,001 | 64,456 |
| Dysentery | - | 4,770 |
| Other communicable diseases | 452 | 34,690 |
| 8, 224 | 163,792 |