[Report 1939] / School Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool.

  • Liverpool (England). Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / School Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    At tlie end of tlie year there were 117 cases still under observation or treatment. The treatment for scabies reported in the 1938 report has been used throughout the year and further experience with this method of treatment has demonstrated its value. Some 80 per cent, of cases are cured bj^ one application of the lotion and it is felt that this figure would materially be raised if cases of reinfection from other untreated members of the family could be obviated. 32. The number of cases reported as ringworm of the scalp was 37, of which number 5 were found, after examination, not to be ringworm. There were thus 32 actual cases of the disease as com¬ pared with 42 during the previous year. Including 19 cases uncured at the end of 1938, there have been 51 cases under treat¬ ment during 1939, of which 47 were cured and re-admitted to school before the end of the year, 13 of these having been treated by X- ravs at the Belmont Institution. «/ V Ringworm of Scalp. INSPECTION CLINICS. 33. After the closure of the schools upon the outbreak of war when it was no longer possible to carry out the usual school medical inspections, additional inspection clinics were arranged for in various parts of the city, in minor ailments clinics and in schools, where special cases could be examined by the school medical officers. Such cases were referred by teachers, school health visitors and attendance officers. The numbers of examinations made at the special inspection clinics were as follows : — Absentee examinations ... Employment examinations General medical examinations Dental examinations ... 2,839 ... 729 ... 3,696 ... 2,100