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[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Northampton County Borough.

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Publication/creation
1960
Contributors
Northampton (England). County Borough Council.
Type/technique
Electronic books
Annual reports
MOH reports
Subjects
Disease Outbreaks
Public Health
Sanitation
Water Supply
Northampton (England)
Attribution and usage
Wellcome Collection
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CLEANLINESS INSPECTIONS The following Tables give details of cleanliness inspections carried out during the year :— Maintained Primary and Secondary* and Special Schools Visits by nurses ....... 24.5 Examinations made . 43,685 Re-examinations made . 249 Total number of examinations . 43,934 Total found to be unclean ..... 245 f Individual Pupils found to be Unclean Infants and Juniors :— Males .. 56 Females . 113 - 169 Seniors:— Males .. 7 Females .. 31 -38 Total ... 2071 Nursery Schools Visits by nurses . 59 Examinations made ...... 2,355 Re-examinations made .... 17 Total number of examinations .... 2,372 Total found to be unclean .. 1 Of Total individual pupils found to be unclean ... 9f Percentage of Uncleanliness Found (all Schools as detailed above) 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 2-2 2T 1-8 1-4 TO 0-5 Printed instructions giving detailed methods of cleansing were issued to the parents of those children found to be infested. A D.D.T. preparation and a medicated shampoo were supplied when necessary. Facilities are available at the School Clinic for children’s hair to be treated by a trained nurse. 5 children were dealt with in 1960, compared with 4 in 1959. * Includes Secondary Modern but excludes Secondary Grammar Schools. f The difference between the total found unclean and the total individual pupils found unclean indicates that some pupils have been found unclean on more than one occasion.