[Report 1972] / School Medical Officer of Health, Wallasey County Borough.

  • Wallasey (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1972
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Credit: [Report 1972] / School Medical Officer of Health, Wallasey County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE C.-OTHER INSPECTIONS Number of Special Inspections . ... 986 Number of Re-inspections . 438 Total 1,444 TABLE D.-INFESTATION WITH VERMIN (a) Total number of individual examinations of pupils in schools by school nurses or other authorised persons ... ... 34,870 (b) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested ... ... ... ... ... ... 861 (c) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Sec¬ tion 54(2), Education Act, 1944) . (d) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Sec¬ tion 54(3), Education Act, 1944) PART II-DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION DURING THE YEAR PART II TABLE A.-PERIODIC INSPECTIONS PERIODIC INSPECTIONS Defect or Disease Entrants Leavers Others Total (2) a IS) a IS) a IS) a (°) (10) Skin 42 50 50 112 66 66 158 228 Eyes-(a] Vision . 65 81 206 55 95 98 366 234 (b Squint . 46 40 11 2 17 13 74 55 Other •• •• .• 7 11 3 12 9 9 19 32 Ears-(a, Hearing . 22 80 6 21 16 43 44 144 (bj Otitis Uedia .. .. 8 37 5 27 4 12 17 76 (c. Other •• •• •• 11 19 12 3 3 13 26 35 Nose and Throat .. 30 364 3 146 22 176 55 686 Speech 21 47 2 4 6 29 29 80 Lyaphatio Glands •. .. . • 2 213 1 53 - 31 3 297 Heart , 7 11 1 6 4 15 12 32 Lungs •• . Developmental- 31 44 7 14 15 22 53 80 (a) Hernia . 7 5 2 5 3 8 12 18 (b) Other . Othopaedic- 31 69 7 34 34 79 72 182 (a) Posture . 3 6 4 15 6 10 13 31 (b) Feet . 120 156 33 76 84 104 237 336 (c) Other . Nervous System- 35 28 13 25 22 27 70 80 (a) Epilepsy . 9 4 2 — 3 6 14 10 (b) Other... Psychological- 2 2 2 7 1 7 5 16 (a) Development .. •• 2 27 1 26 3 34 6 87 (b) Stability . 24 95 2 14 16 57 42 166 Abdomen 1 13 3 1 2 10 6 24 Other . 2 1 — 20 1 5 3 26