[Report 1930] / School Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds (England). City Council.
Date:
1930
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Credit: [Report 1930] / School Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Medical Treatment Clinics 14 The arrangements set out in previous reports for the treatment of defects, have been continued. There are now nine clinics in the city, eight branch and one central clinic. Included in this number is the new clinic at East Leeds and a small sub-clinic at Middleton. Each branch clinic supplies the school medical needs of a district, from which it draws its cases which are brought to light by doctors, teachers, nurses, attendance officers, and parents. A medical officer attends each branch clinic on several half days per week, whilst the nurses attend daily. The work undertaken at all the branch clinics consists of minor and certain special treatment including refraction, dental and massage, with the exception of that at Mcanwood Road Clinic, where the work is curtailed on account of lack of accommodation. At the Central Clinic, adjoining the Education Offices, specialised work only is carried out, such as the more difficult refraction cases, nose and throat, orthopaedic, dental, artificial sunlight treatment and X-ray treatment of ring¬ worm, together with the medical examination of cases of special difficulty. This includes ailing children who are out of school for prolonged periods or those who need examination for admission to the various Special Schools. The Central Clinic is also the seat of administration, wffiere all medical records of school children are housed. In dealing with the defects of school children, the policy of the Education Committee has always been to draw the attention of parents to any defects of their children which need attention, except those which are known as minor treatment cases. East Leeds Clinic—This clinic was opened by the Lord Mayor on the 20th October 1930. The clinic is spacious, and has sufficient waiting and treatment room accommodation to provide for the needs of this growing district for some years to come. Provision is made for minor treatment, refraction of the eye, ear diseases, massage, dental, and all treatment peculiar to a branch clinic. Provision has been made for the installation of artificial sunlight, but this has not yet been established as the number of cases in need of such treatment in the district does not at present justify the expenditure. Mcanwood Road Clinic—This clinic calls urgently for re¬ modelling or replacement, as it consists of two rooms only with an attendance of 38,782 in the year. Such overcrowding is pre¬ judicial to the health of all concerned; the mothers, children, and the nurses. It is also apt to be a centre for the spread of infectious disease. The clinic is so small that it is difficult and inconvenient