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Brentford and Chiswick 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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Eye Clinic.
The attendances at the Eye Clinic were as follows:-
Clinics Attendances Retino- Pre Spectacles Repairs. Others.
held. including scopies. scrip issued. (reports)
those for " tions.
"eye drops"
26 702 233 196 172 90 110
Orthopaedic Clinie.
No. of
Children. Attendances.
School Children.
For general deformities 196 657
For breathing exercises 29 65
M & C.W, Children.
For general deformities 41 l65
For breathing exercises
Totals 266 888
Rheumatism Clinic.
During the year 173 children (of whom 6l were new patients)
made 443 attendances at the Rheumatism Clinie.
The hospital treatment obtained is shewn as follows:-
Hospital. Rheumatism. Heart Disease. Chorea.
Royal Waterloo. 4 1
Royal Richmond. 14 3
West Middlesex. 13 -
Totals 67 4
The Invalid Children's Aid Association obtained treatment
at Convalescent Homes for the following cases:-
Highgate Three, cases of Rheumatism and one of Chorea.
St. Leonard's Three cases of Chorea.
St. Monica's One erase of Chorea.
Milford One case of Chorea.
Walton-on-Thames One case of Rheumatism.
Brighton One case of Rheumatism.
Home visits by School Nurses.
Number of visits 1108
Re-inspections.
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 examinations were 547 609
respectively, viz. 1156 in all.
Sunlight Clinic.
~ No. of "hildren. Attendances.
School Children, 87 256
fa. & C.W. -Children, 52 128
Totals. 139 384