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Beckenham 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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OTHER WORK OF THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
This work has been carried out amongst children since 1928,
and the total number of children of school age who have been
artificially immunised is; not all of these are still on the roll.
A full report of the work done during the year appears on page
27 in the Infectious Disease section of this volume.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
No change has been made in the existing methods of notification. The following table shows details of the cases excluded from School during the year
| Condition for which excluded | Names of Schools | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra | Balgowan | Bromley Road | Churchfields | Marian Vian | Hawes Down | Wickham Com. | Others | Totals, 1938 | Totals, 1937 | |
| Chicken Pox | 41 | 2 | 16 | 119 | 6 | 71 | 6 | 11 | 272 | 166 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7 | 9 | 3 |
| „ Contacts | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| Measles | 59 | 102 | — | 114 | 104 | 75 | 125 | 38 | 617 | 2 |
| „ Contacts | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | 16 | 28 | — |
| „ German | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | 6 | 6 |
| Mumps | 5 | 18 | 24 | 53 | 119 | 7 | 68 | 17 | 311 | 139 |
| ,, Contacts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 22 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 40 | 124 | 105 |
| „ Contacts | 14 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 56 | 11 | 31 | 149 | 133 |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 271 |
| „ Contacts | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 46 |
| Impetigo | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 14 |
| Ringworm | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 10 |
| Skin Diseases | — | — | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | 17 | 40 |
| Verminous Heads | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | 13 | 20 |
| Bronchitis | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 20 |
| Lungs—Non T.B. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Debility | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 18 |
| Ear Conditions. | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 6 | 5 |
| Enlarged Glands | 2 | 5 | — | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | — | 19 | 8 |
| Eye Conditions | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 14 | 3 |
| Heart Disease | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 3 |
| Nose and Throat | 5 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 79 | 95 |
| Miscellaneous | 25 | 25 | 17 | 38 | 43 | 41 | 16 | 12 | 217 | 233 |
| Totals | 185 | 208 | 83 | 412 | 353 | 293 | 266 | 185 | 1985 | 1357 |