[Report 1952] / School Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council.
- Staffordshire (England). County Council
- Date:
- 1952
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1952] / School Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Infestation with Vermin (i) Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorised persons .. .. .. 68,519 (ii) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested.. 4,093 (iii) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2) Education Act, 1944) 4,093 (iv) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54(3), Education Act, 1944) 745 TABLE IV. TREATMENT OF PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS Group 1. —Diseases of the Skin (excluding uncleanliness, for which see Table III). Number of cases treated or under treatment during the ye ar By the Authority Otherwise Ringworm (i) Scalp • • •• a* «• — — (ii) Body • • ** •• o* 3 — Scabies • • «« «« »» 10 — Impetigo .. • • *• «« •• 46 . — Other Skin Diseases • « •• •• •• 1,888 29 Total . . . • • « • * 1,947 29 Group II.—Eye Diseases, Defective Vision and Squint Number of Cases dealt with By the A uthority Otherwise External and other, excluding errors of refraction and Squint Errors of Refraction (including Squint) 186 300 10 8 squint •• «• «* •« 486 18 Number of pupils for whom spectacles were [a] Prescribed (&) Obtained 288 245 —](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30132526_0073.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
