[Report 1949] / School Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) County Borough.

  • Newport (Wales). County Borough Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / School Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    There were 344 cases of myopia and myopic astigmatism. 8 had a total error of over 10 dioptres. 58 had a total error of between 5 and 10 dioptres. 1G9 had a total error of between 2 and 5 dioptres. 100 had a total error of between 0 and 2 dioptres. . tll **'■far Prible al!,7°Fe! aiT re-e-!amiued at less than 12 monthly intervals, and special attention paid Edited^reTperfaltaMng0 * ° mCr““' with »10 •» progressing1 are There were 511 cases of liypernietropia and hypermetropic astigmatism. I had a total error of over 10 dioptres. 00 had a total error of between 5 and 10 dioptres. 220 had a total error of between 2 and 5 dioptres. 194 had a total error of between 0 and 2 dioptres. There were 88 cases of mixed astigmatism. 3 had a total error of between 5 and 10 dioptres. 61 had a total error of between 2 and 5 dioptres. 24 had a total error of between 0 and 2 dioptres. The 54 special cases were found to be suffering from some pathological or congenital defect. The following ire the details : — 6 Corneal Leucomata ... 12 Retinitis Pigmentosa ... 1 Congenital Cataract ... 11 Coloboma Iris 1 Congenital Ptosis ... ... 7 Papillary Membrane ... 1 Congenital Nystagmus ... 4 Chorioretinitis 1 Blepharitis ... 6 Heterochromia 1 Dacrocystitis 2 Conjunctivitis ... 1 Epicanthus 5 Insterstitial Keratitis 1 lheie weie a further 13 special cases. Some of these were for the purpose of checking up their lenses but lie majority were eye inflammations and injuries referred by the School Medical Officers. Several of these cases I ad to leter to my clinic at the Royal dwent Hospital for special treatment or operation. 383 cases of' external eye disease were treated at the Clinic and 37 elsewhere. OSE AND THROAT DEFECTS. 40 cases weie operated on during the year for ionsils and Adenoids under arrangements made by the local .duration Committee. The sources from which they came were as follows: — Roys Girls Total Maintained Primary Schools ... 16 ... 14 ... g(j Maintained Secondary Schools ... ... 1 ... 4 ... 5 Nursery Schools ... ... 2 ... 1 ... 3 Maternity and Child Welfare Dept 2 ... — ... 2 1 he operations were performed at St. Woolos Hospital by Mr. Sutton, the Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon. In addition 12 cases were treated privately. At the end of the year 1949 the waiting-list for operations for tlie removal of Tonsils and Adenoids was as illows : Maintained Primary and Maintained Secondary Schools, 1,124; Maternity and Child Welfare Dept., 176. otal, 1,300. AR DISEASES AND DEFECTIVE HEARING. 1,023 cases of ear disease and defective hearing were treated at the Clinic and 82 elsewhere. URAL CLINIC. 1 his Aural ( linic is held for the purpose of treating chronic ear conditions with a view to the prevention of at ness, and 39 sessions were held bv Mr. D. R. Sutton and Mr. J. L. D. Williams, the Aural Surgeons, during the *ar under review. 295 pupils were examined, and the sources from which they came are as follows: Maintained Primary ■bools, 232; Maintained Secondary Schools, 31; Nursery Schools, 7 ; Maternity and Child Welfare Dept., 25.