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 Wimbledon]
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Medical Officer's Report—continued. page
Ward Distribution of Infectious cases notified in 1926 34
Scarlet Fever 35
Diphtheria 36
Tuberculosis 36
Laboratory Work 37
Disinfection 38
Wimbledon Isolation Hospital 39
Maternity and Child Welfare 42
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 43
Supply of Milk to Expectant and Nursing Mothers
and Infants 44
South Wimbledon Day Nursery 45
Table I.—Vital Statistics 46
Table II.—Causes of Deaths, etc. 47
School Medical Officer's Report—
Staff 50
Administration 51
School Buildings 54
Findings of Medical Inspection 56
Group V.—Uncleanliness 57
Minor Ailment 57
Tonsil and Adenoid Cases 58
Tuberculosis Cases 58
Skin Disease 58
Eye Disease and Vision 59
Ear Disease and Hearing 59
Dental Defects 59
Crippling Defects and Orthopoedics 59
Infectious Diseases 59
Following Up 60
Open-air Education 61
Provision of Meals 61
School Baths 61
Co-operation of Parents, Teachers, etc. 61
Defective Children 61
Queen's Road Special School 62
Employment of Children and Young Persons 63
Table I.—Return of Medical Inspection 64
„ II.—Return of Defects 65
„ III.—Return of all Exceptional Children 67
„ IV.—Treatment Table 70
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