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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
Bexley 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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The following table shows the reason for closing these cases:—
| Very satisfactory result— | ||
| Wrotham Road | 13 | |
| Crayford | 1 | |
| Sidcup | 3 | 17 |
| Treatment incomplete as families left district—in one case considerable progress had been made— Wrotham Road | 2 | |
| Crayford | 1 | |
| Sidcup | 0 | 3 |
| Little if any change of condition— (Sidcup) | 2 | |
| Consultation only, followed by the necessary recommendation— (Sidcup) | 1 | |
| Found to have improved when first seen by the therapist— (Sidcup) | 3 | |
| Reported to have improved prior to appointments being offered | 3 | |
| Appointments offered but not kept— many of these cases had been on the waiting list for some considerable time and it is possible that appointments were no longer necessary | 18 | |
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Thirty-three cases who were attending at the clinics
during 1954 will continue to attend into 1955. Of these,
eighteen are being seen at Wrotham Road, four at Crayford
and eleven at Sidcup.
Cleanliness Inspections.
(See Table III).
During the year the School Nurses carried out 16,266
examinations of children in School and 62 were found to
have some infestation with vermin. In nearly all cases, the
condition was cleared up by parents who were assisted,
where necessary, by the School Nurses. The infestation rate
is commendably low and speaks well for the standard of
child care in the Borough.
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