[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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    Summary of Defects Found at Routine Examinations and Re-inspections Diseases or Defects No. of Defects Found No. of referr Defects cd for ♦No. of Defects Treated * Under Observa¬ tion not yet Treated Treat¬ ment Observa¬ tion L.E.A. 1 tosp. Other¬ wise Enlarged Tonsils 29 6 2 1 3 Tonsils and Adenoids... 2 7 — 2 Nose and Throat 1-4 6 5 I 3 <> Heart and Circulation 2 2 — 2 Enlarged Glands 3° — — — — Nutrition 6 2 — — — 2 Impetigo 2 2 — 2 — — — Other Skin Diseases ... 13 12 — 9 — — — T.B. (Non-Pulmonary) — — Rickets... — — — — I — Respiratory m 7 5 —■ — 12 2 Itar Defects 2 7 — — I — M scellaneous ... 31 10 2 10 r 7 2 Total 145 58 ib 21 3 25 19 * Included under these Heads are defects found in 1929 which were treated in 1930 or are still under observation. Lectures are given to students of the City of Leeds Training College, and the Leeds LTniversity, in connection with the school medical work. Arrangements are also made for medical officers taking the examination of the Diploma in Public Health, and for nurses taking the Health Visitors’ Certificate, to attend the school clinics to see the work of the school medical service. As in previous years a good deal of work remains incompleted, and has, therefore, to be carried forward to the following year. During the year under review, whilst routine and other ordinary classes of work are up to date, some of the special departments are considerably behind. The outstanding matters are refraction, nose and throat diseases, and particularly dental defects. The outstanding dental work is in part accounted for by the increased number of acceptances by the parents of the treatment offered, and by the opening of the new clinic at East Leeds. To cope with the increased volume of dental work at the clinics, another Dental Officer is required. An urgent need is the provision of a properly equipped and up-to-date clinic, in substitution for the two-roomed clinic at Meanwood Road School, where the accommodation restricts the work to the simpler forms of treatment and places hardship upon the parents and children who have to travel to the Central Clinic for specialised treatment, such as, refraction, massage, and nose and throat work. Miscellaneous Conclusion