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A third child died from rheumatic carditis in the Heart
Home, West Wickham.
One boy with severe congenital heart disease is a day
scholar at the Frogmore Road School for Physically Defective
Children. He is conveyed to and from the school daily by
ambulance.
Many of these children with heart disease require to be
away for several months before their convalescence is sufficiently
established for them to be returned home with any
degree of safety. They are then kept under periodical observation
by the school medical staff and suitable instructions
are sent to the head teachers of the schools which they
attend, advising any necessary modifications in their school
lives. Children who had previously received institutional
treatment were also kept under continuous observation.
(j) Tuberculosis. The Surrey County Council is the authority
responsible for the treatment of tuberculosis in Wimbledon.
A boy suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis was admitted
to the Highwood Sanatorium, Brentwood, in January, 1938
and discharged in December. A girl with pulmonary tuberculosis
was admitted in January, 1938 to the Holy Cross
Sanatorium, Haslemere. She was discharged in April.
Three children suffering from surgical tuberculosis were
admitted to the following institutions:—
Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate 2
Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot 1
The two children admitted to Margate were suffering from
tuberculous glands of the neck and abdominal tuberculosis
respectively. The child admitted to Heatherwood Hospital,
Ascot, was suffering from a tuberculous right hip.
During 1938 one boy was discharged from the Heatherwood
Hospital, Ascot, where he had been under treatment for
tuberculosis of the right knee. A second boy was discharged
from the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate, in April after
treatment for tuberculous glands of the neck.
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