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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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6. Attend Minor Ailments Treatment Clinics and undertake
daily treatments.
7. Attend Dental Clinics.
8. Attend Dental Inspections at Schools.
9. Visit Schools and inspect all children for uncleanliness.
(Cleanliness Survey).
10. Attend Clinics for dealing with dirty children. (Cleanliness
Clinics).
11. Visit children's homes for enquiries in cases of nonnotifiable
infectious disease.
12. Visit homes of children who fail to attend Clinics or
attend irregularly.
| Routine Medical Inspections | 165 |
| Re-inspections | 29 |
| Eye Clinics | 98 |
| Minor Ailments Inspection Clinics (with Medical Officer) | 178 |
| ,, ,, Treatment Clinics | 894 |
| Dental Inspections | 41 |
| ,, Clinics | 494 |
| Cleanliness Surveys | 46 |
| Cleanliness Clinics | 35 |
| Other Attendances (Special Clinics, Med. Exam. of Teachers, School Sports, etc.) | 26 |
| 1254 | |
| 221 | |
| Following up | 1205 |
| Other Visits | 30 |
8.—MEDICAL TREATMENT.
(a). Minor Ailments.
The Minor Ailments Clinics have again proved to be a very
active feature of the School Medical Service, and here, as in
other branches of our work, the results of an increasing school
population are much in evidence.