[Report 1953] / School Medical Officer of Health, Hertfordshire County Council.

  • Hertfordshire (England). County Council. n 50062101.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / School Medical Officer of Health, Hertfordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Infestation with Vermin Notes:—All cases of infestation, however slight, should be recorded. The return should relate to individual pupils and not to instances of infestation. (i) Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorized persons ...... 261,599 254,535 (ii) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested . . 583 778 (iii) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2), Education Act, 1944) . . 47 100 (iv) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 (3), Education Act, 1944) . . Nil 3 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. 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 ..... 4 1 1 3 (ii) Body ..... 8 7 3 1 Scabies ........ 7 6 — 2 Impetigo ....... 167 309 4 15 Other skin diseases ...... 916 1,211 57 71 Total .... 1,102 1,534 65 92 Group 2.—Eye Diseases, Defective Vision and Squint. Number of cases dealt with By the Authority Otherwise External and other, excluding errors of refraction and squint ...... Errors of refraction (including squint) 515 7,238 638 7,431* 79 108 255 259 Total . • 7,753 8,069 334 367 Number of pupils for whom spectacles were (a) Prescribed ..... (b) Obtained ..... • 3,359 3,742 3,369* 2,944* 2 35 2 44