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Brentford and Chiswick 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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Aid Association attends each session of this Clinic and reports
to the Association details of those who are in need of convalescent
or special hospital treatment.
I again express the gratitude due from this Authority to
the Invalid Children's Aid Association, who make between 100
and 200 visits each year to the homes of the children in this
district and obtained the Convalescent Home treatment for 31
children, mentioned below, without making any charge to this
Borough.
During the year, 180 children (of whom 89 were new
patients) made 600 attendances at the Rheumatism Clinic.
The Hospital treatment obtained for 34 children is shown as follows:—
| In-patient | Out-patient | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheumatism | Heart Disease | Chorea | Rheumatism | Heart Disease | Chorea | |
| Royal Waterloo Hospital | 7 | 4 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Royal Hospital Richmond | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| West Middlesex Hospital | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
The Invalid Children's Aid Association obtained Convalescent
Home treatment for the following cases: Four heart
cases at West Wickham and Broadstairs; 24 cases of Chorea
and three of Rheumatism at homes situated in Broadstairs,
Weston-super-Mare, Milford, Woodford, Felixstowe, Ashridge,
and Brighton.
9.—OPEN AIR EDUCATION.
Playground Classes.—Classes are held in the open air
whenever possible in the older Infants' Cchools, but in the new
Schools this is not necessary (vide "Open Air Classrooms").
School Camps.—No school camp was held during the year.
Open Air Classrooms.—All the new schools are so designed
that the whole of one side of the classroom can now be