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Brentford and Chiswick 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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Influenza : Very few cases were seen during the year.
The prevalence of infectious disease in the schools compared with that of the eight previous years is shewn in the following table:—
| 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 88 | 102 | 71 | 337 | 550 | 358 | 126 | 170 | 252 |
| Diphtheria | 109 | 139 | 75 | 46 | 153 | 65 | 71 | 21 | 40 |
| Chicken Pox | 429 | 239 | 357 | 173 | 347 | 242 | 229 | 306 | 244 |
| Measles | 70 | 680 | 69 | 895 | 60 | 585 | 43 | 886 | 63 |
| Whooping Cough | 429 | 65 | 230 | 295 | 167 | 206 | 316 | 238 | 200 |
| Mumps | 423 | 178 | 275 | 57 | 37 | 445 | 493 | 554 | 62 |
| Influenza | 227 | 161 | 183 | 124 | 117 | 60 | 9 | 12 | 8 |
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 an may be summarised as follows:—
School Nurses.
(a) Home Visiting: (1) of children excluded for uneleanliness,
(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—1,522.
(b) Re-examination at the School of all children found to be
defective at the Personal Hygiene Inspections ; 1,532 such reinspections
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 1,365 and
1,238 respectively, viz. 2,603 in all.
As regards the 1,365 children found to be defective at
Routing Inspections, 760 or 56% had been referred for treatment
and the remainder, 605, for observation.