London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Barnes 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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School Work.
Care Committee. The Health Visitor is present and carries out
the treatment under the supervision of the School Medical
Officer.
A "Dental Clinic" was opened last May for a short time,
during which time the Health Visitor attended on 24 half-days, and
the School Medical Officer attended and administered the gas.
The Health Visitor visited the homes of 579 school children in
cases of sickness and non notifiable infectious disease, and gave
advice either that a medical man should be called in or that suitable
home treatment should be carried out.
Two hundred and seventy-four visits were paid to the various schools with the special object of detecting verminous conditions, and 10,002 children were examined with these results:—
| Filthy clothing | 20 |
| Nits | 864 |
| Verminous | 167 |
| Cleansing notices sent | 603 |
| Children excluded 1st time | 329 |
| „ ,, 2nd time | 91 |
| „ „ 3rd time | 42 |
| Parents prosecuted | 56 |
Seventy visits were made to parents with regard to following
up the treatment of defects found on Medical Inspection, but as
this is becoming more the work of the Care Committee it has been
dropped to prevent overlapping and over visiting.
Tuberculosis Work.
In her capacity as Tuberculosis nurse the Health Visitor
attends at the Dispensary with the Tuberculosis Officer on
Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings for two hours on
each occasion. Her duties there consist of copying the temperature