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93
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Medical Officer
FOR THE YEAR 1936.
Municipal Offices,
Acton, W.3.
To the Chairman and Members of
the Acton Education Committee.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
We beg to submit the following report upon the schools and
school children of Acton for the year 1936.
As in former years the subject matter has been arranged
as far as possible in tabular form. The tables at the end of the report
are those issued by the Board of Education.
In 1936 the general health of the school children was satisfactory.
There was practically no Diphtheria, and Scarlet Fever
was confined in large measure to one area in the town. The outstanding
feature of medical interest and anxiety was the increase
in the cases of Rheumatism among our school children. This disease
is not only dangerous during the acute stage, but leaves such a
train of ill effects behind it that at the best the child has to be kept
under supervision for the remainder of its school days. Often
the child has to be sent to a special school or Heart Home for a
time, if not for the remainder of its school life. The reason for the
increase in cases is difficult to find, but an article on Rheumatism
and its causes, &c., will be found in the report.