[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough.

  • Burnley (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sciuilary Authority which is couccnicd aiiioucyt (jtlu'r luattc'rs with tlu' control of Infectious Diseases and Tnlx'rcnlosis. In tlie case of })n])ils over Id it may l:>e necessary to keei^ iii touch with the anthoiities concerned with tile administration of tlie National Insurance Act. Again, subject to proper safeguards, the results of Medical Inspection should be made available tor use in advising jiipiils as to the selection ot snitalih' forms of em])loym.ent and also in connection with the work of the h'actory vSnrgeon. hdnahy, tlu' ])ossibihty should not be o\'erlooked of useful co--o])eration with industrial organisations and other unofficial liodies which arc' dirc'ctly intc'rested in the health and ph\'sical wc'lfarc' of adok'scc'uls.” Dk' d('f('cts found later in life, which are (f such sei'ious importance', nationalKy do not as a rule arise' from such conditions as ringworm, im]ie'tigo, oi defective evesighi, anel elefecti\'e te'e'th are' epiite' as ofte'ii a result as v’cll as a cause of elisease. WV h a\e' to leiok fe)r ihe' e)rigin e)l tnl)er('nk)sis, leer the- e)rigin e)f he'art atie'ctie)ns, e)f kiehu'y disctise, eel beeiie' elise^ase', whie'h nltimatelv leads to ele'form- itics. kvll the abejve pre)bably ha\'(' their lie'ginning before the te'rminatioii of school life, as now exteneled. 'hlins, in the list of defects (I'abk' II.), out of a teital oi 2,84(S there are :— Diseases ed the ide'art ... 62 Diseases e>f the' hnnes ... . • . ... ... 29 Rickets . . . ... ... . ... ... 37 1 le'feirmities (meistlv the reisnlt eif Kie'kels) 92 Idilarged (1 laiiels (ofte'n Tabe'rcnlcns) ... 161 Also, in a return of de'Utal inspe'Ctions e)[ l,f88 childre'ii of 7 vears of age, no less than 966 had meire e)r le'ss se'cieins de'Utal ek'fects. If we lejeik at the return of the ecMLises ejf eleatli, udiich aix; really the' nltimate result of the various disabilitie'S snffe'ieel during lih', we' finel that out of a total of 1,553 deaths in BnrnU'y, in 1919, llu're are' : Tuberculosis ... ... ... ... ... ... 126 Respiratory Dise'ases (many of these T.B. in eirigin) ... 376 bb'art Disease ... ... ... ... ... ... 158 5kirie)us Infectiems Diseases ... ... ... • ... 61 (under 15) Aiia(‘mi;i e)iily she'ws 16, bill ihr re'Mills of anae-inia mnsl be', shewn in a gre'at majeirity of the cllu'r dise'ases. Vviy jirobably all tlie abe)\’e hael the'ir