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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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(h) Ear Diseases and Defective Hearing: 19 cases of
Defective Hearing caused chiefly by Adenoids or Otitis Media
were seen, and all were of a mild type except two who were
recommended for Special Schools for the Deaf. There were
85 cases of Otitis Media, 20 being found at Routine Inspections
and 65 at Special Inspections. Four cases seen at Routine
Inspections were quiescent and kept under observation, the
rest being referred for treatment.
(i) Dental Defects : At Routine Inspections 492 cases were
found and at Special Inspections 32 cases were brought by
parents.
Miss Doretz, the Dental Surgeon, reports on this subject
under the section " Medical Treatment."
6.—INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The incidence and prevalence of infectious disease is shewn
in the following tables :—
TABLE SHOWING THE CHILDREN EXCLUDED FROM SCHOOL ON ACCOUNT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
| Month. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Chicken Pox. | Measles | Whooping Cough. | M'mps | Influenza |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J anuary | 63 (44) | 18 (2) | 41 (7) | 1 — | 15 (1) | 1 | 31 |
| February | 52 (50) | 7 (4) | 72 (15) | 1 (3) | 49 — | 1 | 35 |
| March | 67 (48) | 6(5) | 67 (6) | 1 — | 33 — | 6 | 7 |
| April | 41 (10) | 8 (17) | 18 (4) | 14(6) | 26 — | 2 | 10 |
| May | 36 (41) | 10 (19) | 25 (8) | 25 (3) | 19 (5) | 4 | 12 |
| June | 29 (31) | 11 (7) | 58 (15) | 10 (2) | 14 — | 4 | 3 |
| July | 30 (51) | 12 (8) | 47 (7) | 4 (1) | 5 — | 2 | — |
| August | 19 (28) | 11 (5) | 4(1) | 1 — | 2 — | I | — |
| September | 30 (29) | 23 (12) | 4 (3) | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 2 | 5 |
| October | 55 (21) | 19(4) | 7 (4) | 1 — | 1 — | 4 | 7 |
| November | 63 (30) | 14(4) | 4 — | - | — | 3 | 3 |
| December | 65 (25) | 14 (6) | -(2) | - | 1 — | 7 | 4 |
| Totals | 550 | 153 | 347 | 60 | 167 | 37 | 117 |
| Contacts | (408) | (93) | (72) | (16) | (7) | — | — |
| Corresponding totals for 1932 | 337 | 46 | 173 | 895 | 295 | 57 | 124 |
| Contacts | (288) | (53) | (49) | (93) | (20) | — | — |
Figures in brackets are the number of children living in the same house
and excluded from School on account of the disease.