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Heston and Isleworth 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Ringworm.—Free in cases considered necessitous.
Other elementary school cases, 2/6.
Cases from other schools according to
circumstances of parents.
Dental.—1/- for each child, which covers all necessary
treatment within the limits of the Committee's
scheme, for a period of one year from date of
payment, including the administration of gas
when considered necessary.
Minor Ailments.—Free.
TREATMENT OF UNCLEANLINESS.
In this district neither the Education Authority nor the
Sanitary Authority possesses a. cleansing station, consequently
when children are excluded from school by reason of nitty or
verminous conditions and their parents fail to cleanse them within
the period of 7 days allowed by by-law, a prosecution may be
ordered.
CLEANLINESS SURVEYS, 1929.
| Number of visits by Nurses | 7 | |
| Total number of children examined | 782 | |
| ,, ,, ,, ,, given warning notices | 91 | |
| ,, ,, ,, ,, excluded as verminous | 3 | |
| ,, ,, ,, ,, | 1. (Few) | 7 |
| 2. (Bad) | 78 | |
| Found to have nits— | 3. (Very Bad) | 6 |
Few Surveys have been possible during the year owing to
pressure of work arising from infectious disease in the schools.
The severity of the incidence of infectious disease is impossible
to forecast and during the outbreak non-infectious matter
sinks into the background.
The number examined leaves much to be desired. The
standard to be aimed at should be one survey per term in each
school.