Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE OF ATTENDANCES AT SPECIAL CLINICS
Year | Minor Ailments | Orthopædic | Sun-Ray | Rheumatism | Ophthalmic | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of Individual Children | Attendances | Number of Individual Children | Attendances | Number of Individual Children | Attendances | Individual Children Attending | Spectacles Prescribed | ||
1938 | 14,025 | 120 | 1,069 | Not in use | 180 | 600 | 310 | 288 | |
1939 | 10,242 | 266 | 888 | 139 | 384 | 173 | 433 | 233 | 196 |
1940 | 6,352 | 64 | 181 | 39 | 112 | 97 | 356 | 173 | 148 |
1941 | 8,170 | 88 | 241 | 64 | 285 | 80 | 261 | 134 | 101 |
1942 | 11,073 | 50 | 656 | 70 | 686 | 83 | 284 | 196 | 136 |
1943 | 12,203 | 137 | 627 | 82 | 1,537 | 88 | 275 | 133 | 82 |
1944 | 9,926 | 61 | 806 | 72 | 1,066 | 102 | 290 | 138 | 71 |
1945 | 10,765 | 152 | 981 | 79 | 1,032 | 107 | 376 | 130 | 70 |
IMMUNISATION CLINIC
Year | Attendances from Schools | Attendances from M. & C.W. | Total Attendatnces | Estimated percentage of children in Borough immunised | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 5 Years | 5-15 Years | ||||
1938 | — | _ | 2,192 | Not recorded Not recorded | |
1939 | — | — | 1,5801 | ||
1940 | — | — | † | — | — |
1941 | 2,986 | 2,282 | 5,268 | 24.1 | 23.3 |
1942 | 3,526 | 3,309 | 6,835 | 37.0 | 39.0 |
1943 | 2,400 | 3,184 | 5,584 | 75.0 | 80.0 |
1944 | 2,294 | 2.067 | 4,361 | 75.0 | 80.0 |
1945 | 2,128 | 5,196 | 7,324 | 88.0 | 85.0 |
* Clinic had to close for seven months of year as Specialist was
unable to attend owing to war service.
† Clinic closed until last week in December.