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Richmond upon Thames 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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disease. Children excluded from School until free
from infection. No other cases arose.
1. Febricula. Excluded from School for a week.
2. Weak heart. Advised school drill to be modified.
3. General debility. Par ents advised through teachers that
children wanted careful feeding,
2. Poriigo. Written advice to parents that the heads
required attention and advising procuring medical
advice.
4. Otorrhœa. Written advice to parents that medical
ment should be procured.
1. Phlyctenular Ulcer. Advised parents to take the child to
the Ophthalmic Department of Royal Hospital.
1. Ophthalmia. Ditto.
22. Defective sight. Parents advised to consult Ophthalmic
surgeon.
1. Eczema. Written advice to parents to obtain medical
treatment.
1. Chronic Chorea. Teacher advised to be lenient in
tional requirements.
5. Vermin in hair. Children excluded for a time, parents
written to calling attention to the condition and advising
immediate attention. Attended to in every instance
and children re-admitted when clean.
2. Vermin on body. Children excluded and parents written
to, calling attention to the dirty condition of clothing.
Corrected in one instance, but in the other the child
was sent to school again in the same filthy condition,
with a note to the Teacher stating that if the child were
sent home again they should remove her to another
School. Called at the house with the Sanitary Inspector
and found it dirty, gave instructions that the