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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
Bromley 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Medical Certificates of Exclusion from School.
The following is a summary of medical certificates
issued by general practitioners showing types of illness
responsible for loss of school attendance, and may be taken
into consideration with Table II. of the Medical Inspection
Returns in the Appendix.
| Malnutrition, debility | 39 |
| Skin | 19 |
| Eyes | 3 |
| Ears | 24 |
| Nose and throat | 141 |
| Enlarged cervical glands | 23 |
| Heart | 8 |
| Lungs (non-tuberculous) | 63 |
| Nervous diseases | 12 |
| Deformities | 1 |
| Accidents | 21 |
| Operations | 6 |
| Measles | 114 |
| Whooping cough | 95 |
| Mumps | 3 |
| Influenza | 28 |
| Chicken pox | 25 |
| Rheumatism | 27 |
| Bronchitis | 92 |
| Miscellaneous | 102 |
| 846 |
Employment of Children and Young Persons.
The Bye-laws under this head were re-modelled in
1935, and during 1936 the number of children examined
and for whom medical certificates were issued was as
follows:—
Total No. examined 174
Fit certificates issued 161