[Report 1950] / School Medical Officer of Health, Westmorland County Council.

  • Westmorland (England). County Council
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / School Medical Officer of Health, Westmorland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    B.—CLASSIFICATION OF THE GENERAL CONDITION OF PUPILS INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE AGE GROUPS. Age Groups (1) Number of Pupils Inspected (2) A (good) % of No. col. 2 (3) B (fair) %of No. col. 2 (4) C (poor) %of No. col. 2 (5) Entrants 1268 7°9 55-9 545 43 14 1.1 2nd Age Group 734 420 57-2 3xo 42.2 4 .6 3rd Age Group 612 370 60.5 239 39 3 •5 Other periodic inspections 173 IOI 58.4 69 39-9 3 i-7 Total 2787 1600 57-4 1163 41.7 24 0.9 TABLE III INFESTATION WITH VERMIN. (i) Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorised persons ... ... 15,679 (ii) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested 228 (iii) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 [2], Education Act, ■^■944) ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 28 (iv) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 [3], Education Act, I944) ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ^ TABLE IV TREATMENT TABLES. GROUP 1.—DISEASES OF THE SKIN (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table III). Number of cases treated or under treatment during the year. (a) By the Authority. (b) Otherwise. Ringworm—(a) Scalp . • • 2 4 (b) Body . . . 3 — Scabies • . • 1 3 Impetigo • • • 5 3 Other skin diseases • . . 2 13 Totals ... 13 23