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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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who were recommended for Special Schools for the Deaf. There
were 45 cases of Otitis Media, 13 being found at Routine
Inspections and 32 at Special Inspections.
(j) Dental Defects.—At Routine Inspections 547 cases were
found, and at Special Inspections 24 cases were brought by
parents.
Miss Loretz, 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 EXCLUSION OF CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL ON ACCOUNT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
| Month. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Chicken Pox | Measles | Whooping Cough | Mumps | Influenza |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19 (6) | 6 (8) | 10 (1) | -(-) | 1 (-) | _ | 3 |
| February | 13 (9) | 10 (9) | 19 (2) | 3 (-) | 1(-) | 2 | 3 |
| March | 6 (6) | 16 (10) | 20 (3) | 34 (1) | 33 (1) | 2 | 2 |
| April | 4 (1) | 13 (7) | 45 (10) | 1 (-) | 34 (1) | — | - |
| May | 12 (8) | 8 (4) | 55 (8) | - (2) | 30 (-) | 2 | - |
| June | 15 (10) | 2 (-) | 36 (17) | 2 (1) | 51 (-) | — | — |
| July | 12 (4) | 4 (4) | 21 (15) | 1 (1) | 60 (4) | 2 | — |
| August | 3 (-) | 2 (-) | 5 (2) | - (-) | 46 (4) | 2 | — |
| September | 13 (5) | 2 (5) | 4(-) | -(-) | 35 (-) | 7 | — |
| October | 11 (5) | 3 (5) | 1(-) | - (1) | 16 (2) | 110 | 1 |
| November | 12 (12) | 4 (12) | 6 (-) | - (1) | 6 (-) | 184 | _ |
| December | 6 (13) | 1 (13) | 7 (2) | 2 (1) | 3 (-) | 182 | - |
| Totals | 126 | 71 | 229 | 43 | 316 | 493 | 9 |
| Contacts | (79) | (77) | (60) | (8) | (12) | ||
| Corresponding | 358 | 65 | 242 | 585 | 206 | 445 | 60 |
| totals for 1934 | (119) | (40) | (32) | (57) | (6) |
Figures in brackets are the number of children living in the same house
and excluded from school on account of the disease.