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Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1929
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schools situated west of a line running down the centre of Sydney Street
and Oakley Street. The Borough Council receives payment from the
London County Council at the rate of 2s. per child attendance.
During the year, the Station was opened for the entire day on 88
occasions.
The following Table No. 37 shows the number of attendances in each
quarter :—
TABLE No. 37.
Quarter.
No. of days on
which the Station
was opened
Attendances.
Verminous.
Impetigo.
March
22
187
—
June
23
246
—
September
15
212
2
December
28
246
—
88
891
2
The amount recoverable from the London County Council, as the
School Authority, for the cleansing for the year is £89 4s. 0d.
Fifteen adults were cleansed at the Station during the year.
(b.) TUBERCULOSIS.
This part of the report deals with the work of the Department under
the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912, and under the
Dispensary scheme approved by the Ministry of Health and the London
County Council who contribute 50 per cent. and 25 per cent. respectively
of the nett expenditure of that scheme.
Staff.—The staff of the Dispensary is set out in Section II.
Notifications.—The total number of notifications received was 155
but 49 of these related to cases which had been previously notified'
that the total number of new notification was 108. In the previous
year, the corresponding number was 101. The notifications received
on forms C and D, i.e., notifications from institutions regarding admission
and discharge, are not included in the foregoing figures. In Table in Table. no.
38 are shown, in the form required by the Ministry of Health, the detailed
figures relating to new cases and mortality during the year. Included
in this Table are 13 new cases which came to the knowledge of the
Medical Officer of Health during the year, otherwise than by notification
on Form A or Form B under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations.