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Brentford and Chiswick 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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The income derived from these contributing fees, compared with the three previous years, is shown thus:—
| 1938 | 1937 | 1936 | 1935 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Tonsils and Adenoids operations | Nil | Nil | Nil | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| Spectacles | 41 | 18 | 7 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 14 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 8 |
| Dental Treatment | 87 | 18 | 0 | 185 | 2 | 9 | 100 | 7 | 0 | 112 | 10 | 6 |
| Orthopaedic Treatment | 14 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 0 |
| £144 | 3 | 1 | £226 | 10 | 7 | £154 | 0 | 9 | £160 | 6 | 2 | |
(а) Minor Ailments.—These Clinics are held at the Town
Hall Buildings, Chiswick, and were held at Portsdown House,
The Butts, Brentford, until the opening of the new Brentford
Health Centre in July 1938. Sessions are held each morning
(except Sunday) and on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
Special Inspections are held to which parents are invited. The
work done in the Clinics during the year is indicated in the
following Table:—
Inspections of special cases 1,075
Re-inspections of special cases 877
Number of individual children attending 4,230
Number of attendances made 14,025
Number of exclusion certificates issued 889
Number of return certificates issued 686
(b) Tonsils and Adenoids.—It is regretted that the Chiswick
Hospital is not yet re-opened, and in consequence we had again
to arrange for the operative treatment of children suffering from
disease of the above structures at other Hospitals.
Forty-eight children were operated upon at the West
Middlesex Hospital, and one by his own doctor.
125 received other forms of treatment by removing septic
teeth and getting them to attend the Orthopaedic Clinic for
breathing exercises. Marked improvement took place in quite
a number of these cases.
(c) Tuberculosis.—Treatment of this disease is undertaken
by the Middlesex County Council and one boy was admitted
to Harefield Sanatorium for Tuberculosis of the lung.
The County Tuberculosis Officer kept under observation
12 suspected cases and 13 contacts.