Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Scheme in the Borough. The number of school children examined
during the year was: boys 77 and girls 54, of which 23 boys and
13 girls were referred by the School Medical Officer. Nineteen of
the cases were sent by private practitioners and 76 were examined
as contacts.
Reports were received in respect of each child seen, and recommendations
for treatment were carried out as far as possible and
included the following:—Dental, Tonsils and Adenoids, and Convalescent
Home Treatment. Thirty-one grants of free milk were
also made.
At the end of the year the live register of notified cases of school age was as follows:—
At Certified Special Schools. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary | — | 10 | 1 | — | |
Non-pulmonary | 7 | 48 | 7 | 62 |
8. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Control is on the lines detailed in the Board of Education's
"Memorandum of Closure of and Exclusion from School," 1930.
Notifications of the 5/15 years age group during 1934 were as follows:—
Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Chicken Pox. | |
---|---|---|---|
January | 54 | 17 | 75 |
February | 25 | 19 | 29 |
March | 28 | 16 | 54 |
April | 15 | 6 | 27 |
May | 25 | 10 | 13 |
June | 25 | 10 | 31 |
July | 26 | 5 | 52 |
August | 19 | 11 | 31 |
September | 42 | 24 | 5 |
October | 46 | 19 | 30 |
November | 42 | 15 | 39 |
December | 38 | 19 | - |
Totals—1934 | 385 | 171 | 386 |
1933 | 390 | 194 | 281 |