[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough.

  • Burnley (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Pre-School Children at the School Clinic. The following cases were referred from the Infant W'elfare Centres for treatment at the Minor Ailment Clinic. Skin ; Ringworm: Head Body Scabies Impetigo .... Other Skin Conditions .... Eye: Blepharitis Conjunctivitis Other Eye Conditions .... E.\r: Otitis Media Other Ear Conditions Miscellaneous, e.g., Minor Injuries, Bruises, Sores, etc. No. of Cases 3 2 12 3 7 No. of Attendances 16 11 61 21 15 Total .... 27 124 Ear, Nose and Throat Defects. The ear, nose and throat specialist held eleven consultant clinics in the School Clinic premises during 1954. Children requiring tonsil and adenoid operations are generally admitted to a ward for this purpose in the Grove House Annexe of Reedyford Hospital, but occasionally older chidren are operated on in the General Hospital. They enter the hospital on the day prior to, and are retained for at least forty-eight hours after the operation. Children requiring operative procedures for other ear, nose and throat conditions are dealt with in the special department of the General Hospital. Throughout the year the specialist made 126 examina- tions in the Clinic and performed 33 operations. In addition 59 children had tonsils and adenoids removed by arrangements otherwise than through the School Health Service. .■\t the end of the year, only four pupils were awaiting admission to hospital for operations. Eye Diseases and Visual Defects. Ophthalmic Clinic. Sessions held 131 No of children examined for errors of refraction, etc.:— New cases .... 218 Re-e.xaminations .... .... .... .... .... 764 No. of children for whom spectacles were ])re.scribed:— New cases 191 Re-examinations 466 .‘Vttendances for approval of spectacles 847 Attendances for atropine drops .... 1,258 Total attendances 3,506 Cases of strabismus ojierated upon in hospital 36
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