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Brentford and Chiswick 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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held to which parents are invited. The work done in the Clinics during the year is indicated in the following table :—
| Inspections of special cases | 1,266 |
| Re-inspections of special cases | 650 |
| Number of individual children attending | 3,128 |
| Number of attendances made | 11,402 |
| Number of exclusion certificates issued | 590 |
| Number of return certificates issued | 525 |
(b) Tonsils and Adenoids.—As the Chiswick Hospital was
closed for rebuilding at the end of the first quarter, the very
satisfactory arrangements made by this Authority and the
Hospital are interrupted until the Hospital re-opens. The
Hospital charged the Education Committee £2 2s. for each six
cases. Children were admitted the night before the operation
and kept in the night following. In exceptional cases children
remained in Hospital as long as necessary without extra charge.
Thirty children were admitted to and treated at the
Chiswick Hospital and 44 were operated on at other Hospitals,
chiefly the West Middlesex ; 74 received palliative treatment,
chiefly in the form of treating dental sepsis.
(c) Tuberculosis.—No actual treatment of this disease is
undertaken by the Local Authority. Any definite or suspected
case is referred to Dr. Forbes at the Middlesex County Council
Tuberculosis Dispensary.
Dr. Forbes has kindly supplied me with particulars to make the following table of all elementary school children from this district who attended his Clinic during 1935 :—
| Initials of child. | Age. | Sex. | Localisation of disease. | Where treated. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. B. | 14 | F | Lung | Harefield. |
| T. W. | 12 | M | Pleura | Harefield and Clinic. |
| J. W. S. | 12 | M | Peritoneum | ditto |
| M. B. | 14 | F | Multiple | ditto |
| I. C. | 13 | F | Wrist Joint | Hospital and Clinic. |
| R. L. | 5 | M | Glands | ditto |
| J. P. | 7 | F | Glands | ditto |
| E. T. | 5 | M | Glands | ditto |
Dr. Forbes also examined and kept under observation seven
contacts and one suspected case which turned out to be nontuberculous.