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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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The prevalence of infectious disease in the schools, compared with that of the seven previous years, is shown in the following table :—
| 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 94 | 88 | 102 | 711 | 337 | 550 | 358 | 126 |
| Diphtheria | 49 | 109 | 139 | 75 | 46 | 153 | 65 | 71 |
| Chicken Pox | 135 | 429 | 239 | 357 | 173 | 347 | 242 | 229 |
| Measles | 1050 | 70 | 680 | 69 | 895 | 60 | 585 | 43 |
| Whooping Cough | 449 | 429 | 65 | 230 | 295 | 167 | 206 | 316 |
| Mumps | 622 | 423 | 178 | 275 | 57 | 37 | 445 | 493 |
| Influenza | 282 | 227 | 161 | 183 | 124 | 117 | 60 | 9 |
7.—FOLLOWING UP.
The following up of children found to be defective and
referred for treatment or for observation at Routine and Special
Inspections is undertaken both by the School Nurses and the
School Medical Officer and may be summarised as follows :—
School Nurses.
(a) Home Visiting.—(1) Of children excluded for uncleanliness,
(2) of those whose parents have neglected or refused
treatment which is considered necessary, (3) of those needing
treatment whose parents were not present at the inspection,
(4) to explain certain forms of home treatment advised by the
School Medical Officer, (5) to obtain certain special information
required by the School Medical Officer.
Number of visits made : 1,251.
(b) Re-examination at the School.—Of all children found to
be defective at the Personal Hygiene Inspections. 3,608 such
re-inspections were made during the year.
School Medical Officer.
Re-examinations of (a) children found to be defective at
Routine Inspections and (b) children found to be defective
at Special Inspections.
The total number of these re-examinations was 1,945 and
650 respectively, viz., 2,595 in all.
As regards the re-examination of the 1,945 children found
to be defective at Routine Inspections, 1,148 or 59 per cent.
had been recommended treatment and 797 or 41 per cent. were
referred for observation.