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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

Chiswick 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chiswick]

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Table: If the weekly income, exclusive of rent, insurance and travelling expenses of the wage earners to and from work, per head of the family

If the weekly income, exclusive of rent, insurance and travelling expenses of the wage earners to and from work, per head of the family

is more than 9s. and less than 15s.is 15s. or more.
s.d.s.d.
Minor Ailments2030
Spectacles4050
Dentistry-1626
Tonsils and Adenoids4066
Ringworm76100

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In the case of minor ailments, no charge is made for
the first two weeks.

Table: In September, the charge for dental treatment was reduced to one shilling. The income derived from these contributing fees, compared with that for 1923 and 1924, is shown thus:—

In September, the charge for dental treatment was reduced to one shilling. The income derived from these contributing fees, compared with that for 1923 and 1924, is shown thus:—

1925.1923.1924.
£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
Tonsils and Adenoids operations1680111661670
Spectacles266023932206
Dental Treatment74143361508836
£11783£7209£126110

Table: ( a)Minor Ailment Clinic.—This Clinic is held in the Town Hall Buildings adjoining the Public Health Department. Sessions are held each morning (except Sunday) and on Mondays and Thursdays, special inspections are held to which parents are invited. The work done in the Clinic during the year is indicated in the following table:—•

( a)Minor Ailment Clinic.—This Clinic is held in the Town Hall Buildings adjoining the Public Health Department. Sessions are held each morning (except Sunday) and on Mondays and Thursdays, special inspections are held to which parents are invited. The work done in the Clinic during the year is indicated in the following table:—•

Inspections of special cases1,421
Re-Inspection of special cases1,749
Number of individual children attending2,495
Number of attendances made8,869
Number of children receiving treatment2,328
Number of children referred to own doctor38
Number of children referred to Hospital45
Number of children cleansed23
Number of children found not to require treatment84