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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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were seen and all were of a mild type. There were 63 eases of
Otitis Media, 9 being found at Routine Inspections and 54 at
Special Inspections.
(j) Dental Defects: At Routine Inspections 403 cases were
found and at Special Inspections 29 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 | German Measles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25 (3) | - (-) | 37 (5) | 1 B | 25 (-) | - (-) | — | — |
| February | 20 (1) | 1 (1) | 25 (4) | 1 (") | 33 (-) | 3 (-) | 1 | — |
| March | 22 (9) | 3 (5) | 29 (3) | 2 (37) | 37 (1) | 3 (-) | — | — |
| April | 27 (17) | 1 (-) | 54 (6) | i B | 40 (2) | 8 (-) | 3 | — |
| May | 28 (16) | 1 (-) | 17 (4) | 1 (2) | 27 (-) | 14 (-) | 1 | 2 |
| June | 22 (4) | 3 (-) | 3 (-) | 2 (1) | 16 (3) | 19 (-) | — | 1 |
| July | 15 (8) | - (1) | . - (-) | 2 (-) | 10 (-) | 14 (-) | 2 | 1 |
| August | 8 (2) | 2 (2) | - (-) | - (-) | 5 (-) | - (-) | — | — |
| September | 19 (12) | 5 (1) | 1 (-) | 1 (-) | 3 (1) | - (-) | — | — |
| October | 26 (16) | 4 (5) | 3 (-) | - (1) | - (1) | - (-) | — | — |
| November | 23 (6) | 11 (8) | 32 (10) | 15 (2) | 1 (-) | - (-) | — | — |
| December | 17 (3) | 9 (4) | 43 (4) | 37 (3) | 3 B | 1 (-) | — | — |
| Totals | 252 | 40 | 244 | 63 | 200 | 62 | 8 | |
| Contacts | (98) | (27) | (36) | (9) | (8) | (-) | ||
| Corresponding totals for | 170 | 21 | 306 | 886 | 238 | 554 | 12 | 2 |
| 1936 | (115) | (18) | (36) | (91) | (14) | (19) |
Figures in brackets are the number of children living in the same house
and excluded from school on account of the disease.