[Report 1951] / School Medical Officer of Health, Nuneaton Borough.

  • Nuneaton (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / School Medical Officer of Health, Nuneaton Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MINOR AILMENT CLINIC Total number of attendances .7,395 Number of cases treated .2,874 Average attendance per clinic . 16 Referred elsewhere for treatment . 64 Number of children on books, December 31st, 1951 30 Number of children cured . 2,789 Half days held . 441 IONIZATION CLINIC Number of Clinics held . 24 Number of children treated . 15 Total attendances 73 ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC ANALYSIS OF CHILD CASES, 1951 Number of cases continued treatment from 1950 231 Number of new cases, 1951 . 107 Tuberculosis . 14 Spastic paralysis . 7 Infantile paralysis . 20 Rickets . 1 Bone injuries . 15 Spinal deformities . 31 Flat foot . 97 Club foot . 5 Osteomyelitis 2 Knock knees . 26 Other conditions. . 120 Number treated in hospital. 15 Instruments supplied. 122 Clinics attended by Consultative Surgeon ... 11 Attendances at same . 442 Attendances at treatment clinics . 4,315 Total attendances . 4,757 Number discharged . CHILD GUIDANCE WORK, 1951 114 As can be seen from the table printed below the number of new cases attending the Clinic in 1951 shows an appreciable increase over the previous year. The facilities continue to be satisfactory and have been further improved by the supply of new furniture and curtains for the waiting room and a much needed filing cabinet to deal with the increasing number of case sheets. Miss E. A. Eattell has continued her invaluable work as psychologist, with the assistance of Miss J. Cooper, who has again taken charge of the playroom. We were sorry to lose Mrs. Stuart-Taylor on 22-7-51, but