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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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The following figures and tables of work in this service are in addition to the Statutory Tables issued to the Board of Education:-
| ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC.- | |
| Total numer of attendances | 627 |
| Number of individual children | 137 |
| Surgeon.- | |
| Total number of attendances | 226 |
| Number of individual children | 227 |
| SUN-RAY CLINIC.- | |
| Total number of attendances | 1537 |
| Number of individual children | 82 |
| RHEUMATISM CLINIC. - | |
| Total number of attendances | 275 |
| Number of individual children | 88 |
| MINCE AILMENT CLINIC.- | |
| Total number of attendances | 12203 |
| Number of individual children | 1890* |
| Total number of exclusions | 836 |
| Total number of re-admissions | 669 |
| Number of special cases | 1152 |
| Number of special cases re-inspected | 650 |
| OPHTHALMIC CLINIC.- | |
| Number of attendances | 474 |
| New cases | 171 |
| Retinoscopy | 133 |
| Glasses prescribed | 82 |
| Glasses issued | 61 |
| Other cases | 157 |
| Individual children | 222 |
| IMMUNISATION CLINIC.- | |
| Number of attendances (School) | 2400 |
| Number of attendances (Welfare) | 3184 |
| PERSONAL HYGIENE.- | |
| Number of visits to schools | 249 |
| Average number of visits to schools | 12.5 |
| Number of examinations | 26504 |
| Number of individual children defective | 301 |
| Number of re-examinations | 1002 |
| VISITS.- | ....... |
| Total number by School Nuses | 737 |
* This number includes all children attending the Clinic. The
number of those actually treated was 427. The remainder
were those referred to other clinics, to their own doctor, to
hospital - those given advice or kept under observation.