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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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8. Work causing eye strain.
9. Work requiring acute distant vision.
10. Work requiring acute hearing.
11. Work requiring manipulative skill.
The results of the examinations are shown below :—
| School | No. of children examined | Type of occupation child should not enter | Treatment still required | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of children | Index No. on list | ||||
| Hogarth | 81 | 2 | 1. 9. | T. and A. | 3 |
| Senior Boys | 3 | 4. | Vision | 3 | |
| School | 2 | 8. 9. | Dental | 6 | |
| 1 | 1. 3. 5. | Rheumatism | 1 | ||
| 1 | 3.4.5. 8. | M.D. | 1 | ||
| 9 | (Healed T.B. of lung' | — | 14 | ||
| Hogarth | 70 | 1 | 1. 9. | T. and A. | 1 |
| Senior Girls' | 1 | 8. 9. | Vision | 3 | |
| School | 2 | 1. | Dental | 4 | |
| 4 | - | 8 | |||
| Nutrition D. | 1 | ||||
| Belmont | 63 | 3 | 1. | ||
| Senior | 2 | 8. | |||
| Mixed | 1 | 1. 3. 5. | |||
| School | 5 | 8. 9. | |||
| 11 | |||||
| Strand | 55 | 1 | 9. | Vision | 4 |
| Senior | 1 | 3. 5. | Dental | 3 | |
| Mixed | 1 | 3. 4. 5. | — | ||
| School | 1 | 9. 11 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 8. 9. | ||||
| 10 | |||||
| Central Boys' | 8 | ||||
| Central Girls' | 23 | — | — | Vision | 4 |
| Dental | 3 | ||||
| Spinal curvature | 1 | ||||