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Brentford and Chiswick 1940

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

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Dental Defects.
At Routine Inspections 78 cases were found and at Special
Inspections 7 cases were brought by parents.
Minor Ailments.
Inspection of special cases 414
Re-inspections of special cases 328
Number of individual children attending 2136
Number of attendances made 6352
Number of exclusion certificates issued 414
Number of re-admission certificates issued 310
Tonsils and Adenoids.
33 children were operated upon at the West Middlesex Hospital
10 received other forms of treatment.
Eye Clinic.
The attendances it the Eye Clinic were as follows:-
Clinics
held.
Attendances.
Retinoscopies.
scriptions.
Specs.
Issued.
Repairs.
Others.
(Reports)
25
433
173
148
112
41
223
Rheumatism Clinic.
During the year 97 children (of whom 43 were new patients)
made 356 attendances at the Rheumatism Clinic.
The hospital treatment obtained is shewn as follows
Hospital.
Rheumatism.
Heart Disease.
Chorea.
West Middlesex.
2
1
3
Richmond.
1
1
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Totals
3
2
3
The Invalid Children's Aid Association obtained treatment at
Convalescent Homes for the following cases:-
Santa Claus Two cases of Chorea.
Banstead One case of Chorea.
Sidmouth One case of Chorea.
Herts One case of Chorea.
Home visits by School Nurses.
Number of visits 719
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 numbers of these examinations were 184. and 328 respectively
viz. 512 in all.