[Report 1936] / School Medical Officer of Health, Wiltshire County Council.

  • Wiltshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / School Medical Officer of Health, Wiltshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    New Cases. Centre. No. of children examined. Referred to Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic. Restrictions Referred to Institutional as to drill family Treatment and games. doctor. No treatment or restrictions. May rightly be irregular in school attendance. Chippenham 2 1 Malmesbury 3 ..MH 1 2 Salisbury 5 2 } . I 1 Savernake 2 . . 2 Swindon 1 1 Trowbridge 4 3 J 1 1 Old Cases. Centre. No. of children examined. Referred to Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic. Restrictions as to drill and games. Referred to family doctor. Institutional Treatment No treatment or restrictions. May rightly be irregular in school attendance. Chippenham 2 1 1 Malmesbury 5 1 4 Salisbury 4 ..MM 1 3 1 Savernake 3 1 2 Swindon 10 6 4 1 Trowbridge 4 3 2 1 These clinics continue to provide a valuable means of reference in cases where there is any doubt as to the diagnosis, and their main purpose still holds good which was from the beginning of the Scheme to exclude from the disabilities associated with the suspicion of heart disease all children found on expert examination to be free from organic trouble. No child is invited to a clinic without the concurrence of the family doctor, to whom the Con¬ sultants’ notes are sent after each examination. (j) Tuberculosis. Pulmonary. During the year 1936 two cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were discovered in school children, one boy and one girl. Both had periods of treatment in Winsley Sanatorium. Another boy suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, notified in 1935, was discharged from Harnwood Hospital during the year Non-Pulmonary. During 1936 twenty-five new cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis occurred amongst school children, and were notified by the Tuberculosis Officer or General Practitioners, or transferred from another County. The cases are made up as follows :•— Hip . 3 Shoulder . 1 Tibia . 1 Meninges . 1 Glands :— Cervical . 17 Abdominal 2 The case of meningitis, a boy aged 9, died in Hospital. Twenty-eight children suffering from non-pulmonary tuberculosis have received treatment at, the following approved Hospitals :•— Admissions. Bath and Wessex Children’s Orthopaedic Hospital 12 Savernake Hospital . . . . 14 Alton Hospital . . . 1 Swanage Hospital . . . 1 Several of the above cases were notified in previous years, but received institutional treat¬ ment in 1936. It is probable that some other cases received hospital treatment privately, the assistance of the Council’s Tuberculosis Scheme not being required. This applies more particularly to tuberculous gland cases.