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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE SHOWING THE EXCLUSIONS OF CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL ON ACCOUNT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
| Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Chicken Pox | Measles | Whooping Cough | Mumps | Influenza | German Measles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23 (3) | 9 (8) | 33 (11) | 43 (3) | 10 (3) | 2 (-) | _ | 1 (-) |
| February | 17 (8) | 11 (6) | 31 (9) | 69 (12) | 14 (3) | 1 (-) | - | - (-) |
| March | 15 (3) | 5 (1) | 70 (9) | 216 (21) | 5 (-) | 1 (-) | - | 30 (1) |
| April | 12 (1) | 5 (1) | 102 (23) | 136 (10) | 3 (-) | 3 (-) | - | 45 (28) |
| May | 7 (-) | 5 (6) | 86 (21) | 102 (20) | - (-) | 1 (-) | - | 16 (16) |
| June | 7 (9) | 11 (6) | 26 (5) | 166 (25) | - (-) | 4 (-) | - | 4 (-) |
| July | 6 (9) | 13 (7) | 17 (3) | 89 (18) | - (-) | 4 (-) | - | 6 (-) |
| August | 2 (16) | 8 (9) | 11 (13) | 1 (8) | 1 (-) | 1 (-) | - | - (-) |
| September | 7 (2) | 35 (16) | 19 (9) | 6 (-) | 5 (-) | 3 (-) | - | - (-) |
| October | 9 (3) | 27 (10) | 22 (5) | 4 (-) | 19 (-) | 5 (-) | - | - (-) |
| November | 18 (7) | 22 (5) | 23 (4) | - (-) | 14 (-) | 12 (-) | - | - (-) |
| December | 11 (8) | 24 (22) | 20 (2) | 1 (-) | 8 (-) | 19 (-) | - | -(-) |
| Totals Contacts | 134 | 175 | 460 | 833 | 79 | 56 | - | 102 |
| (69) | (97) | (114) | (117) | (6) | (-) | - | (45) | |
| Corresponding totals for 1937 | 252 | 40 | 244 | 63 | 200 | 62 | 8 | 4 |
| (98) | (27) | (36) | (9) | (8) | (-) | (-) |
Figures in brackets are the number of children living in the same house
and excluded from school on account of the disease.
CHILDREN ATTENDING MINOR AILMENT CLINICS SUFFERING FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASE
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Chicken Pox. | Measles | Whooping Cough. | Mumps. | Influenza. | German Measles. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J anuary | - (3) | 1* (2) | 4 (5) | 5 (1) | - (1) | - (-) | 1 (-) | - (-) |
| February | - (4) | - (-) | 7 (3) | - (3) | - (-) | - (-) | 3 (-) | - (-) |
| March | - (5) | 2* (1) | 5 (5) | - (6) | 1 (-) | - (-) | 13 (-) | 5 (-) |
| April | - (2) | 10 (1) | 7 (3) | 1 (1) | - (-) | 1 (-) | 1 (-) | 4 (10) |
| May | - (1) | - (-) | 3 (-) | - (1) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | 5 (6) |
| June | - (2) | 1* (3) | - (1) | 1 (3) | - (-) | - (-) | 1 (-) | 3 (4) |
| July | - (1) | - (-) | 1 (3) | 1 (5) | - (-) | -(-) | - (-) | - (4) |
| August | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) |
| September | - (-) | 5 (6) | 4 (5) | - (-) | - (-) | 2 (-) | - (-) | 1 (1) |
| October | - (-) | 1* (11) | 1 (4) | - (1) | - (-) | 2 (-) | 1 (-) | - (-) |
| November | 1 (4) | 2 (6) | 3 (7) | - (-) | - (-) | 3 (-) | 3 (-) | - (-) |
| December | - (-) | - (1) | 2 (-) | - (-) | - (-) | 2 (-) | 5 (-) | -(-) |
| Totals Conval. and Contacts | 1 (22) | 22 (33) | 37 (36) | 8 (21) | 1 (1) | 10 (-) | 28 (-) | 18 (25) |
| Corresponding gigures for 1937 | 8 (62) | 3 (3) | 18 (18) | - (1) | 15 (8) | 13 (1) | 26 (-) | 4 (-) |
Figures in brackets denote Contacts and Convalescents.
* Denotes "Carriers"