[Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough.

  • Tynemouth (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1910
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Credit: [Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    530 parents or guardians were present at the inspections, 128 with senior children, and 402 with infant children, an increase of 213 over the preceding year. The following is a classified list of the principal physical defects found at the Routine Inspections for which parents were notified re Medical Treatment, if necessary, and for which the children were referred for further re-inspection later :— TABLE II. Eye—External Diseases, Blepharitis, Conjunctivitis, etc. Defective Vision, Squint, Unsuitable Spectacles .. Ear—External Diseases, Obstruction Suppuration, Defective Hearing ... Skin—Scabies, Ringworm, Impetigo, etc. Throat and Nose—Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids, etc. Tuberculosis—Glands, Bones Defective Articulation or Stammering ... Mal-nutrition, Debility, Anamiia... Rickets Valvular Disease of Heart .. Nervous Diseases or Disorders Curvature of Spine Sores—Feet or Body Cellulitis Enlarged Glands—Neck ... Deformities... Hernia Exostosis Microcephalus, Hydrocephalus, Feeble-minded... Oral Sepsis. Congenital Syphilis Verminous—Head with Sores Head Nits and uncleanliness Body. Flea-bitten (badly) ... No. 35 102 9 26 42 th 6 12 16 9 11 2 4 4 1 1 Q O 1 1 4 2 1 7 152 6 14