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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
Heston and Isleworth 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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At the routine dental inspections 1535 children were referred
for treatment out of 2,404 inspected (for further particulars see
Table IV. D (1) & (2).
Crippling Defects.
Out of 1,945 children examined at the routine inspections,
there were 38 found to he suffering from deformity, including 8
cases of rickets and 9 of spinal curvature.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Cases of infectious diseases are occasionally met with at routine
inspections or at one of the school clinics. Systematic swabbing
of sore throats and suspicious nasal discharges brings to light
unsuspected diphtheria.
All infectious cases and contacts are excluded from school
till they are deemed free from infection (Joint Memorandum issued
by the Local Government Board and the Board of Education).
During the year 1922, the following cases of infectious disease occurred among children attending public elementary schools in
this district:—
| Scarlet Fever | 144 |
| Diphtheria | 39 |
| Measles | 413 |
| Rubella | 1 |
| Mumps | 256 |
| Chicken Pox | 64 |
| Whooping Cough | 85 |
| Total | 1,005 |
The non-notifiable diseases, Measles, Rubella, Mumps, Chicken
Pox and Whooping Cough, are visited by the Health Visitors, and
in doubtful cases by one of the Medical Officers when there is no
doctor in attendance.
Similar action is taken in respect of children kept at home
on account of a " rash."