[Report 1929] / School Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds (England). City Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / School Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Summary of Nose and Throat Cases during the Year 1929 Tonsils and Adenoids (filler Nose and Throat Defects Total No. of cases of Nose and Throat Defects referred bv the School Medical Officers for treatment 1,966 3.740 5.700 No. of cases which have received treat¬ ment— Operative treatment by the School Medical Service 131 2 7 '53 Private Practitioners 714 107 821 Other Forms of Treatment— By School Medical Service 455 907 — Bv General Practitioners and Local Hos¬ pitals ... ••• ••• • ••• 570 7° 5 2.637 Total treated 1,870 1.741 3.6ii No. of cases examined bv Mr. Sharp 547 (fO 2 1,149 No. referred for operative treatment 452 5- 5°4 No. of cases accepting treatment. 191 .Vs1 22Q No. of cases actually treated 131 22 *53 The figures in the above Table represent the results which have actually been verified by the School Medical Officers. On inquiry at the Leeds Public Dispensary and the Leeds General 1 nfirmarv, it has been ascertained that the following operations have been performed at the Institutions for Leeds children under 14 years of age during the year ended the 31st December 1929. Leeds General Infirmary Tonsils and Adenoids ... ... ••• 1,011 Operation for Tonsils and Adenoids and Sinuses I Operations for Sinuses. 3 Leeds Public Dispensary Tonsils and Adenoids ... ••• ••• 1,112 Operations for Tonsils and Adenoids and Sinuses 52 11 Operations for Sinuses ... Tuberculosis—Close co-operation exists between the Leeds Tuberculosis Dispensary and the School Medical Service. Under the arrangement reports on all school children who attend the Dispcnsai v are forwarded to the School Medical Officer and appropriate entries are made on the child’s record cards. Skin Diseases—Children attend the Central C linic for X-ray treatment of ringworm. The X-ray apparatus installed in 1928 has proved very satisfactory. During the year 125 cases of ringworm of the scalp have been treated by X-rays, the average peiiod ot absence from school was 287 days, but 42 of the 125 cases observed were absent for only 21 days. an During the year the School Medical Officer of Blackburn made inquiry, in twelve areas, regarding the length of exclusion of