[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Doncaster County Borough.

  • Doncaster (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Doncaster County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Once again the majority of the cases admitted have been children suffering from minor degrees of rickets and its associated defects. Summary of Cases. Admissions : Rickets and associated defects ... ... 26 Congenital deformity ... ... ... ... 1 Spastic ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Transferred to Open Air School ... ... ... 6 Cured ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 Left district ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Improved ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT. The Ultra Violet Light Department has continued steadily throughout the year. The clinic is used for the treatment of nurs- ing and expectant mothers, infants, children below school age, and for cases of tuberculosis. Mothers made 529 attendances and children 6,564 during 1940. DISEASES OF THE EAR, NOSE & THROAT. This clinic had to be discontinued on the outbreak of the war, and cases are now treated at the Minor Ailment Clinic. Details of the cases treated are as follows ;— Otorrhoea ... ... ... ... ... 12 Ear-ache ... ... ... ... ... 2 Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids ... ... 7 Minor defects ... ... ... ... ... 2 Total ... ... ... ... 23 Operative treatment was undertaken for Tonsils and Adenoids in 7 cases. ERRORS OF REFRACTION During the year 59 children below school age attended the refraction clinics. The conditions found were as follows :— Simple hypermetropia ... ... ... 33 Hypermetropic astigmatism ... ... ... 9 Other conditions ... ... ... ... 17 Total ... ... ... ... ... 59 Of these, 38 cases were children with signs of commencing squints. One child was referred for hospital treatment, for operation for squint.