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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 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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9. Other operations—individual cases treated, including—
(a) Orthodontic cases—attendances608414
(b) Crowns and Inlays1416
(c) Space retaining appliances43
(d) Scaling and Gum treatment503308
(e) Temporary Teeth—dressings252340
(f) Root treatments—54
(g) Referred for X-ray—46

Table: SECTION C. Infectious Disease. The following is a summary of returns of infectious diseases from Head Teachers during 1943:—

SECTION C. Infectious Disease. The following is a summary of returns of infectious diseases from Head Teachers during 1943:—

Diphtheria2
Scarlet Fever50
Measles447
German Measles106
Whooping Cough50
Mumps118
Chicken Pox206
Other Diseases18

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The routine of making these returns has now been modified,
so that Head Teachers are no longer required under the
Education Committee's regulations to notify cases of school
children suffering from notifiable infectious disease.
Open Air Education.
There is no special open air school for defective children
in Bromley. Physically defective and other delicate children
are sent from time to time to open air residential schools. Five
children at the end of 1943 were receiving this beneficial
treatment.
The general welfare of the children of the Borough in relation
to physical training and recreational activities is in the
capable hands of the Physical Training Organisers, Mr. G. H.
Atkinson and Miss F. M. Bentley, and has been highly
developed.
The following report for 1943 indicates the valuable work
undertaken by the organisers.