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Brentford and Chiswick 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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BOROUGH OF BRENTFORD & CHISWICK
EDUCATION ACT, 1921.
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL INSPECTION AND
TREATMENT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN FOR
THE YEAR ENDING 3let DECEMBER, 1944*.
To the Chairman and Members of the Education Committee.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit tables indicating the work of the School
Medical Service during 1944.
The incidence of Infectious Disease in the schools is
indicated in the following table:-
1944 ACTUAL CLOSES.
| Jan • | Feb | .Mar. | Apr. | May. | Jne, | J\Y | .Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 48 | |
| Diphtheria . | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Chicken-pox | 5 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 106 |
| Measles | 2 | 7 | 78 | 139 | 154 | 96 | 36 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 517 | |
| Whooping Cough | 16 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 2 | - | 5 | 9 | 10 | 123 | |
| Mumps | 9 | 46 | 68 | 27 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 171 | |
| Ringworm | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | |
| Impetigo | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | - | 5 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 87 |
| Fc.zema | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Verminous | 13 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 4 | - | 2 | 8 | 4 | - | 85 |
| Scabies | 18 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 6 | l | - | 7 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 114 |
| Other. Skin Diseases | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Conjunctivitis | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |||
| Totals | 80 | 128 | 253 | 234 | 232 | 138 | 58 | • - | 19 | 29 | 48 | 48 | 1267 |