[Report 1952] / School Medical Officer of Health, Westmorland County Council.

  • Westmorland (England). County Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / 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 • 1013 557 55-o 438 43-2 18 1.8 2nd Age Group 1302 768 59-o 516 39-6 18 1.4 3rd Age Group 556 322 57-9 232 41.7 2 0.4 Other periodic inspections 116 65 56.0 5i 44.0 — — Total 2987 1712 57-3 1237 41 -4 38 i-3 TABLE III INFESTATION WITH VERMIN. (i) Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorised persons ... ... 25,817 (ii) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested 210 (iii) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 [2], Education Act, 1944) .' . 42 (iv) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 [3], Education Act, 1944) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 TABLE IV TREATMENT TABLES. GROUP 1.—DISEASES OF THE SKIN (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table III). Ringworm—(a) Scalp (b) Body Scabies Impetigo Other skin diseases Number of cases treated or under treatment during the year (a) By the Authority, (b) Otherwise. 1 — 3 — 1 — 14 — 3i 4 Total 50 4