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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ilford 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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time Medical Officer is appointed to each Camp, the latter appointments being
in accordance with the arrangements made by the Central Medical War
Committee and the Ministry of Health.
All the children entering the Camps were medically inspected before
admission, and this applies to all subsequent entries. A routine medical
inspection of the children at each Camp was carried out during the year, by
one of the Assistant School Medical Officers, 179 being inspected at Kennylands,
163 at Finnamore Wood and 140 at Elmbridge, the arrangements for any
treatment recommended for the children being made by the Education Authority
of the district in which the Camp is situated.
A Minor Ailment Clinic is held daily at each Camp, and weekly head
inspections are carried out by the Camp Matron and Nurse, and at the request
of the Board of Education, heights and weights measurements have been carried
out monthly since June, 1940.
| Camp. | No. on Roli. | No. of consents. | No. inoculated. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Scarlet Fever. | ||
| Kennylands | 212 | 116(a) | 127(6) | 103 | 116 |
| Finnamore | 197 | 117 | 133(c) | 117 | 127 |
| Elmbridge | 166 | 89 | 99 | 89 | 99 |
(a) 13 subsequently left school. (6) 11 subsequently left school.
(c) 6 subsequently left school.
A weekly return is submitted to the School Medical Officer by the Matron
showing the variety of cases dealt with in the School Clinic and cases admitted
to the Isolation Dormitory, Camp Hospital or Infectious Diseases Hospitals.
Children who return to the Camp after admission to Infectious Diseases
Hospitals are isolated in the Isolation Dormitory until a negative swab is
obtained. Those children who return to Ilford for convalescence are seen
at the Public Health Offices before returning to the Camp. The parents who
attend the Camp with children on visiting days have to obtain a pass from
the School Medical Officer before they may attend; by this means a control
is kept on the possible spread of infection in the Camp from outside sources.
All requests for drugs, medicines and medical appliances are dealt with
by the School Medical Officer.
| Camp Hospital or Isolation Block. | Infectious Diseases Hospitals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of children admitted. | No. of in-patient days. | No. of children admitted. | No. of in-patient days. | |
| Kennylands Camp | 203 | 1,682 | 13 (i) | 372 |
| Finnamore Wood Camp | 67 | 330 | 5(ii) | 54 |
| Elmbridge Camp | 80 | 469 | 1 (i) | 3 |
(i) Scarlet Fever. (ii) Diphtheria.
1. Staff.—(a) Dental Surgeons.—Miss E, Richardson commenced duties
on 1st July.
(b) Health Visitors and School Nurses,—Miss M. N. Withams terminated
her appointment on 20th January.