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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
Richmond upon Thames 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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The number of children receiving milk at non-maintained schools on 23rd September,
1969 was 1,709 (number of children at school 2,067).
In September, 1969, meals were being cooked at 41 school kitchens and three
central kitchens.
Table XXV.
ROAD ACCIDENTS TO CHILDREN, 1969.
Mr. A. W. B. Goode, Town Clerk, has kindly supplied the following details of road accidents to children under 15 years of age :
| Month | Fatal. | Serious. | Slight. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | _ | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| February | — | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| March | — | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| April | — | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| May | — | 5 | 24 | 29 |
| June | 3 | 12 | 15 | |
| July | — | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| August | 1 | 3 | 20 | 24 |
| September | — | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| October | — | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| November | - | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| December | 1 | 7 | 14 | 22 |
| Totals | 2 | 40 | 160 | 202 |
The two fatal accidents recorded involved a male occupant of a push-chair, aged
4 years and a male passenger in a car, aged 12 years.
Table XXVI.
DEATHS OF SCHOOLCHILDREN.
It is with regret that I include the following details of local schoolchildren who died in 1969: —
| Sex | Age | Cause of Death. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | ||
| 1 | 5 | Acute myeloid leukaemia. | |
| 1 | 7 | Inter cranial hypertension; systemic lupus; erythematosis; nephrotic syndrome. | |
| 1 | 8 | Bilateral adrenal haemorrhage due to lobar pneumonia due to chronic bronchial asthma. | |
| 1 | 12 | Road accident. | |
| 1 | 13 | Drowning (accidental death). | |
| 1 | 14 | Traumatic cerebral haemorrhage; Crossing the road on foot and struck by a private motor car (accidental death). | |
| 1 | 15 | Primary intercerebral haemorrhage. | |
| 1 | 15 | Bronchopneumonia; aspiration of gastric contents; | |
| status epilepticus; hypoglycaemia. | |||