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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
Walthamstow 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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included the following:—Dental, tonsils and adenoids, and convalescent
home treatment.
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 | 1 | 12 | 4 | — | 17 |
| Non-pulmonary | 5 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 46 |
(k) Artificial Light Treatment.—During 1936 the Board of
Education sanctioned the Committee's arrangement with the
Connaught Hospital for artificial light treatment of school children.
The types of cases to be selected for treatment included cases
of debility and malnutrition, rickets and cervical adenitis. The
Hospital possesses an up-to-date actino-therapeutic department
under the charge of a specialist medical officer. Carbon arc and
mercury vapour lamps are available. Each course of treatment
consists of 12 attendances at a fee of 2s. each.
During 1936 three children were referred for treatment, two for
malnutrition and debility, and one for debility only.
Appreciative letters have been received from the parents, and
treatment of these patients continues during 1937.
8. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Control is on the lines detailed in the Board's "Memorandum
of Closure of and Exclusion from School, 1930."
Notifications of the 5/15 years age group during 1936 were as follows:—
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | |
|---|---|---|
| January | 18 | 8 |
| February | 15 | 11 |
| March | 17 | 7 |
| April | 11 | 5 |
| May | 19 | 9 |
| June | 14 | 6 |
| July | 17 | o |
| August | 5 | 3 |
| September | 13 | 3 |
| October | 22 | 7 |
| November | 16 | 3 |
| December | 12 | 5 |
| Total—1936 | 179 | 69 |
| Total—1935 | 324 | 95 |