[Report 1915] / School Medical Officer of Health, Kent County Council.

  • Kent (England). County Council. n 50045898.
Date:
1915
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Credit: [Report 1915] / School Medical Officer of Health, Kent County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 33.—Showing the age distribution of the above cases, and the rate per 1,000 of children found to be suffering from phthisis or other tuberculous conditions. Boys. Girls. Total. Numbers examined. Total rate per 1,000. Age. Phthisis. Suspected Phthisis. Others. CO -P A 1 Suspected Phthisis. , Others. Phthisis. Suspected Phthisis. Others. GO m 3 Ah Suspected Phthisis. Others. 5 1 12 2 1 8 2 2 20 4 5,473 0.36 3.65 0.72 6 0 4 2 1 1 1 1 5 3 1,660 0.60 3.00 1.80 9 3 2 2 4 O 6 7 4 8 5,997 1.16 0.66 1.32 13 3 18 2 0 15 5 3 33 7 7,276 0.41 4.53 0.96 14 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 103 0.00 0.00 9.70 Except. oases 6 18 11 9 13 6 15 31 17 1, 360 11.03 22.79 12.50 Totals 13 54 20 15 39 20 28 93 40 21,869 1.28 4.25 1.82 Free facilities have been given throughout the year, whereby children suffering from tuberculosis can be treated at the twenty tuberculosis dispensaries which have been provided by the Kent County Council. When such can be arranged, I would recommend the universal adoption of open-air or playground classes. From my previous experience, I am convinced that these classes are extremely valuable for children with ansemia and low resisting power. (/.) Review of the methods employed or available for the treatment of defects, such as defective eyesight, carious teeth, nasal obstruction or adenoids, tonsillitis, discharging ears, pediculosis, ringworm, and other shin diseases, including an account of the action of school nurses in obtaining or assisting in the treatment of such defects. The methods employed to ensure that treatment is obtained, are briefly as follows :—It is an ordinary routine requirement that every parent should be notified of any defect from which a child may be found to be suffering. Every child in respect of whom such a recommendation has been made, is re-examined on the occasion of the next inspection, and where no action has been taken to ameliorate the condition, a further recommendation is forwarded. In cases where treatment is a matter of urgency, and the parents fail to take action, a letter is sent to the school correspondent directing attention to the defect and requesting the managers to interest themselves in the case, or a special letter of warning