[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Brighouse Borough.

  • Brighouse (England). Council. nb2008024084.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Brighouse Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE 8. The Work of the Artificial Sunlight Clinics during 1943. Brighouse. Hipperholme. Southowram. Total. Number of children treated ... 58 34 19 111 Number of exposures ... ... 788 384 196 1368 By arrangement with the Education Committee 60 school children received artificial sunlight treatment and a total of 651 exposures. Institutional Provisibn for Mothers or Children. The institutional provision for mothers was described in the 1938 Report. Last year 67 mothers received hospital treament under the Corporation’s scheme, 29 because of unsuitable home conditions, and 38 because of complications. Orthopaedic Treatment. 25 children were seen during the year, with a total of 52 attendances and 2 children were admitted to the Adela Shaw Orthopaedic Hospital suffering from infantile hemiplegia and con- genital dislocation of hip joint respectively. The result of treatment in each case was good. During July, a boy who had been in the Hospital since October, 1939, was discharged. He had suffered from multiple defects from birth, namely, dislocation of both hip joints, fracture of the right thigh bone and bilateral club foot. He has to wear leg-irons and cannot walk unaided, but marked success from treatment has been achieved when one considers the boy’s condition on admission to the Hospital. 13 pairs of footwear were sent to the Hospital for adjustment in the treatment of flat-foot and knock-knee. Ophthalmic Scheme. During 1943, 20 pre-school children were examined by Dr. Greatorex. Spectacles were provided in 15 cases, and treatment prescribed in 9 cases. The cost of spectacles is recovered according to an income scale. Health Visitors. There were one Health Visitor and two Nurses combining the duties of Health Visitor and School Nurse in the service of the Corporation in 1943. During the year they attended at the various ante-natal, infant welfare, and artificial sunlight clinics and they paid the following number of home visits.