[Report 1963] / School Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough.

  • Tynemouth (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / School Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The remaining 44 children were treated by Miss Wake, physio¬ therapist, who held a clinic on 44 half-day sessions during the year. The total of attendances made at these clinics was 208, and this figure included a number of Open-Air School children who were treated by Miss Wake on the school premises to save them a journey out of school. Other Defects Treated Other defects treated, not falling into classifications mentioned in Tables A to F may be seen by referring to Page 28, Table G. The 140 minor ailments treated included 10 burns and scalds, 5 boils, 57 minor injuries, 51 septic sores and 17 miscellaneous ailments. Infectious Diseases An extract from the Head Teachers’ weekly returns of Infectious and Other Diseases for the past ten years is as follows :— DISEASE YEAR 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 Scarlet Fever 30 25 31 9 6 15 12 7 9 28 Diphtheria ... Measles German 17 481 207 458 16 685 41 439 470 220 Measles ... Whooping 22 21 1219 26 49 19 13 15 466 660 Cough 71 157 170 93 21 97 105 91 13 103 Chicken Pox 493 150 455 268 368 430 680 176 105 769 Mumps 123 342 256 40 544 168 218 340 no 492 Ringworm ... 10 10 9 7 4 1 2 6 10 5 Impetigo 87 223 130 53 44 34 19 20 26 11 Scabies Verminous 1 7 17 13 24 15 22 24 11 2 Conditions 9 12 3 8 11 13 1 20 12 ■ ■ Ultra Violet Ray Therapy A course of Ultra violet ray therapy was recommended for 56 children during 1963, 37 of these being school children and 19 pre¬ school children. Attendances totalled 604. The school children were treated for the following defects :— Acne ... ... ... 4 Alopecia ... ... 2 Asthma... ... ... 1 Frequent colds and catarrh 6 General debility ... 15 Respiratory infections... 9