[Report 1949] / School Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City.

  • Wakefield (England). City Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / School Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL CONDITION, Classifi¬ cation Entrants Intermediates L< savers Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Good Fair Poor .. 170 900 35 15.39 81.45 3.16 130 772 13 14.21 84.37 1.42 144 515 18 21.27 76.07 2.66 CLEANLINESS A. Cleanliness of the Head. Percentage of children found with Dirty Heads in 1949 and GROUP BOYS GI RLS 1949 1948 1949 1948 Entrants . . 1.03 0.32 5.4 4.5 Intermediates 0.88 0.93 7.3 8.6 Leavers . . 0.28 — 6.09 5.9 Totals 0.80 0.53 6.1 6.9 These figures represent in actual numbers 92 children (11 boys and 81 girls). 4 girls (0.30 per cent) had lice in their heads at the time of inspection. B. Cleanliness of the Body. There were 6 children (0.33 per cent) noted with dirty bodies compared with 0.26 in 1948. No child was found with verminous clothing.