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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
Fulham 1925
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1925
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| 1 actress. | 6 domestics. |
| 1 bookfolder. | 3 dressmakers. |
| 1 book-keeper. | 1 factory hand |
| 1 boxmaker. | 31 housewives. |
| 3 charwomen. | 1 kitchenhand. |
| 5 clerks. | 1 laundress. |
| 2 cloakroom attendants | 2 machinists. |
| 1 confectionery hand. | 1 shop assistant. |
| 3 cooks. | 1 silver stamper. |
| 3 no occupation. | |
| 35 boys. | 16 girls. |
The Open-Air School.
The open-air school for 25 tuberculous children was
opened on the 21st May, 1917, at the dispensary under
the management of the Dispensary Committee. It
was soon found that the applications for admission
exceeded the accommodation and the school was
transferred to Broomhouse Lane on the 18th May,
1921.
The new school—The Elizabethan School—is entirely
under the management of the London County
Council and accommodates 60 children, whose ages
vary from 7 to 16. Like other special schools it
is intended for children who are unable to benefit
from instruction in an ordinary elementary school.
Only early non-infectious cases of tuberculosis are
admitted. The classes are held in the open air, or in
two open-air shelters in bad weather. The schoolhouse
is only used when the weather is at its worst.
The tuberculosis officer acts as school doctor and is
officially appointed assistant school medical officer
by the County Council and one of the dispensary
nurses is the school nurse. The medical officer attends
one clinic weekly at the school and the nurse devotes
one-third of her time to her school duties. It is thus
possible to keep the children under stricter observation