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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE VIII
The following tables show the number of children excluded from
school in respect of Infectious Disease during the year 1950? as
notified by Heads of Schools:-
(a) Patients
| Disease | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | — | - | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chicken Pox | 16 | 12 | 39 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | 32 | 13 | 138 |
| Measles | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | 46 | 18 | - | - | - | 1 | 28 | 99 |
| Whooping Cough | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 7 | 9 | - | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 51 |
| Mumps | - | - | 12 | 20 | 8 | 33 | 23 | - | 7 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 156 |
| Ringworm | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Impetigo | — | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | — | - | 1 |
| Eczema | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Verminous | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Scabies4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Skin Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| German Measles | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Other Cases | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 7 |
| Totals | 21 | 17 | 59 | 30 | 33 | 95 | 53 | - | 15 | 20 | 60 | 90 | 493 |
(b) Contacts
| Disease | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 11 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Chicken Pox | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Mumps | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ringworm | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Impetigo | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Eczema | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Verminous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scables | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Skin Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| German Measles | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | — | 1 |
| Other Cases | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Totals | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 9 | 6 | 3 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 33 |
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