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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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these institutions. A lady visitor from the Invalid Children's
Aid Association attends each session of this clinic and reports
to the Association details of those who are in need of
convalescent or special hospital treatment.
I repeat my remarks of previous years expressing the
gratitude due from this Authority to the Invalid Children's Aid
Association who make between 100 and 200 visits each year to
the homes of the children in this district and obtained the
Convalescent Home treatment for the 10 children mentioned
below without making any charge to this Borough.
During the year 153 children made 545 attendances at the
Rheumatism Clinic.
The Hospital treatment obtained for the children is shown as follows:—
| In-Patient | Out-Patient | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheumatism ' | Heart Disease | Chorea | Rheumatism | Heart Disease | Chorea | |
| Royal Waterloo Hospital | 4 | 1 | 7 | – | – | – |
| Royal Hospital, Richmond | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| West Middlesex-Hospital | 2 | 1 | 11 | – | – | – |
| Totals | 6 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Convalescent Home treatment was obtained by the Invalid
Children's Aid Association for the following 10 children :—
One case of rheumatism, four of heart disease, and five of
chorea. The Convalescent Homes are at Banstead, Broadstairs,
St. Leonards, West Wickham, Worthing, Wallingford and
Hawkensbury.
9.—OPEN AIR EDUCATION.
Playground Classes.—Classes are held in the open air
whenever possible in the older Infants' Schools, but in the new
Schools this is not necessary (vide " Open Air Classrooms ").