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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
Beckenham 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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Exclusions.—The following Table gives the numbers of children excluded from school under Article 53 (b) of the Code, or other Statutory provisions during the year: —
| Condition for which excluded. | Totals excluded. | Name of Schools. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromley Road. | Alexandra. | Church-fields. | St. James's | Balgowan. | Other Schools. | ||
| Diphtheria patients | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| „ contacts | 20 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Scarlet Fever patients | 53 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 |
| „ contact | 56 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 6 |
| Measles | 266 | 9 | 84 | 135 | 26 | 5 | 7 |
| Whooping Cough | 102 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 51 |
| Chicken Pox | 35 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mumps | 216 | 60 | 13 | 10 | 79 | 49 | 5 |
| Eye Disease | 13 | 2 | .3 | 8 | |||
| Ear | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tuberculosis | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tonsilitis, etc | .4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Ringworm | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Scabies | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Impetigo | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| Other Skin Diseases | 35 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Influenza | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Verminous | 205 | 3 | 66 | 96 | 38 | 1 | 1 |
| Chorea | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||
| Glands | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Debility | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 215 | 46 | 47 | 88 | 15 | 16 | 3 |
| Totals | 1328 | 194 | 262 | 441 | 230 | 103 | 98 |
SCALE OF CHARGES FOR TREATMENT.
The Board of Education addressed a letter (31st October, 1922)
to the Education Committee, pointing out that the Board could not
regard as satisfactory the Authority's arrangements as set out in
Section 1 (d) of Form 9.M, for parents' payments for Medical treatment
of School Children.
The letter further indicated the lines along which provisions
should be made for the recovery of cost of treatment.