[Report 1938] / School Health Service, Cornwall County Council.

  • Cornwall (England). County Council. School Health Service.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / School Health Service, Cornwall County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cases of ringworm of the body were reported. Ringworm of the scalj^ is difficult to cure except by X-ray treatment and in view of tlie many months’ exclusion sometimes required it will be useful to arrange for X-ray treatment in appropriate cases. Ringworm of the body is easily cured so that treatment by X-ray is not required. (d) Visual Defects and External Eye Disease. The number of children referred for treatment for defective vision was 418 and for squint 102—41.8 and 10.2 per 1,000 as compared with 75.7 and 7.9 for England and Wales in 1937. The visual defects referred for treatment are usually slightly less in number than those for England and Wales. As regards other eye defects, 4 per 1,000 were referred for treatment as compared with 6.4 for England and Wales. This is the usual figure and varies according to the general cleanliness and state of nutrition of the children. There were also 177 “ specials ” requiring treat- ment for defective vision and 34 for squint. Dr. Hanson reports:— “ This work is exacting. If young squinters are to be adequately dealt with in addition to the general refraction work (13 County Clinics—Bude to Land's End—with one at Plymouth for S.E. Cornwall pupils) and other work, a full time County Oculist is necessary. Young squinters need occlusion treatment in infancy and careful continuous observation at subsequent School Eye Clinics— stereoscopic training later in life is comparatively inadequate and not satifsactory despite much written in favour of such late training.” (e) Defects of Hearing. At the routine inspections 50, children were referred for treatment—5 per 1,000—about the usual number: 28 were referred for observation. For England and Wales 3 per 1,000 were referred for treatment in 1937. Children referred for treatment for middle ear disease numbered 27 and for observation 14—the number referred for treatment was only 2.7 per 1,000 and as is usually the case was lower than that for England and Wales (3.9 per 1,000). The establishment of a special department for diseases of the car, nose and throat at the Royal Cornwall Infirmary,