[Report 1951] / School Medical Officer of Health, Westmorland County Council.

  • Westmorland (England). County Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / 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 1037 686 66.2 330 31.8 21 2.0 2nd Age Group 747 494 66.1 248 33-2 5 0.7 3rd Age Group 457 314 00 140 30.6 3 0.7 Other periodic inspections 56 42 75*o 14 25.0 — — Total 2297 1536 66.9 732 3i-9 29 1.2 TABLE III INFESTATION WITH VERMIN. (i) Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorised persons ... ... 22,254 (ii) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested 168 (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, I944) . 4 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 ... — _ (b) Body ... 3 _ Scabies ... 2 _ Impetigo ... ! _ Other skin diseases ... g 3 Totals ... 15 3