[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford].
- Ilford (London, England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- [1952]
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![86 B.—Classification of the General Condition of Pupils Inspected During the Year in the Age Groups (See Note (ii) on Table 1). Age Groups. Number of Pupils Inspected. A.—(Good). B—(Fair). C.—(Poor). No. % of Col. 2. No. % of Col. 2. No. % of Col. 2. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Entrants 2,381 937 39.3 1,386 58.3 58 2.4 Second Age Groups 2,039 476 23.4 1,541 75.5 22 1.1 Third Age Groups 1,430 478 33.4 943 65.9 9 0.7 Other Periodic Inspections - - - - - - - Total 5,850 1,891 32.3 3,870 66.2 89 1.5 TABLE III. 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 examinations in the schools by school nurses or other authorized persons 53,017 (ii) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested 236 (iii) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2), Education Act, 1944) 7 (iv) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 (3), Education Act, 1944) [N.B.—The information asked for in this table falls into these two Divisions (a) and (6), except in Group 5 (Child Guidance Treatment).] Group 1.—Diseases of the Skin (Excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table III). Number of cases treated or under treatment during the year. By the Authority. Otherwise. Ringworm—(i) Scalp — 1 Ringworm—(ii) Body 6 — Scabies 1 — Impetigo 13 — Other skin diseases 312 110 Total 332 112 Number of examinations made by Skin Specialist—61. TABLE IV. Treatment of Pupils Attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools (Including Special Schools). Notes:—(a) Treatment provided by the Authority includes all defects treated or under treatment during the year by the Authority's own staff, however brought to the Authority's notice, i.e., whether by periodic inspection, special inspection, or otherwise, during the year in question or previously. (b) Treatment provided otherwise than by the Authority includes all treatment known by the Authority to have been so provided, including treatment undertaken in school clinics by the Regional Hospital Board.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b19876178_0088.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
