[Report 1938] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cheshire County Council.

  • Cheshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1938
    Table IV.—Return of Defects Treated during: the year ended 31st December, 1938. Treatment Table, Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group VI). is umber of Oefects Treated, or under Treatment during the year. Disease or Defect. Under the Authoi-ity’s Seller e. Otherwise. Total. Skin— Ringworm—Scalp 12 (i.) X-Ray Treatment 12 — (ii.) Other ,, 47 4 51 Hingworm—Body ... 56 2 58 Scabies ... 133 23 156 Impetigo 1941 30 1971 Other Skin Disease 1490 37 1527 Minor Dte Defects 593 33 626 (External and other, but exclud- ing cases falling in Group II.) Minor Bar Defects 702 634 68 Miscellaneous 5206 52 5258 {e.g. Minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.) Total 10112 249 10361 Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects Treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.). Number of Defects dealt with. Disease or Defect. Under the Authority’s Scheme. Otherwise. Total. Errors of Refraction (including Squint). 3421 91 3512 Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) ... 145 Total 3566 91 3512 No. of Children for whom spectacles were (a) Prescribed 1852 74 1926 (b) Obtained 1406 259 1665
    Group III.— I'reatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. NUMBER OF DEFECTS. Received Operative Treatment. Under the Authority’s Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital. By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority’s Scheme. Total. Received other forms of Treatment Total Number Treated. (i) (iO (iii) liv) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) 159 127 693 6 11 3 52 3 170 130 745 9 135 1189 (i; Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. dii) Tonsils and Adenoids, (iv) Other defects of the nose and throat. Group IV.—Orthopaedic and Postural Defects. Under the Authority’s Scheme. Residential treatment with education. Residential treatment w’ithout education. Non-residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic. Total number treated No. of children treated 33 3 620 620
    Group V.— Dental Defects. (I) Number of Children inspected by the Dentist :— Aged 5 6 (a) Routine age-groups 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1890 4869 5102 5405 4962 4842 4475 3982 3409 2188 (6) Specials 'J’otal. 41124 213 (r) Total (Routine and Specials) ... ... 41337 (2) Number found to require Treatment ... ... 29657 (3) Number actually Treated ... ... ... 24088 (4) Attendances made by Children for Treatment ... 30926 (5) Half-days devoted to Inspection ,, ,, 'I'reatment (6) Fillings— Permanent Teeth Temporary Teeth (7) Extractions—Permanent 'I’eeth 4’eniporary 'feeth (8) Administration of general Anaesthetics for Extractions (9) Other Operations — Permanent Teeth ... 6140 ) Temporary Teeth ... 771 / Total 6911 'reatment . 693 . 3868 21006 945 6057 35134 / Total / Total 4561 / Total 21951 41191 297 Group VI.—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions. (1) Average number of visits per School made during the year by School Nurses . ... ... 5 (2) Total number of Exiiminations of Children in the Schools by School Nurses ... ... 169710 (3) Number of individual Children found unclean ... 2659 (4) Number of Children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education Authorit\' ... — (5) Number of Cases in which Legal Proceedings were taken— (а) Under the Education Act, 1921 ... — (б) Under School Attendance Bye-Laws ... —
    Statement of the number of children notified during the year ended 31st December, 1938, by the Local Education Authority to the Local Mental Deficiency Authority. Total Number of Children Notified ... 23. Analysis of the above Total. Diagnosis. Boys. Girls. 1. (i.) Children incapable of receiving benefit or further benefit from instruction in a Special School: (a) Idiots 2 2 (b) Imbeciles 11 • 5 (c) Others (ii.) Children unable to be instructed in a Special School without detriment to the interests of other children: (a) Moral defectives (b) Others 2. Feeble-minded children notified on leaving a Special School on or before attaining the age of 16 1 2 3. Feeble-minded children notified under Article 3, i.e., "special circum- stances’’ cases Nil. Nil. Note.—No child should be notified under Article 3 until the Board have issued a formal certificate (Form 308M) to the Authority. 4. Children who in addition to being mentally defective were blind or deaf Nil. Nil. Note.—No blind or deaf child should be notified without reference to the Board—see Article 2, proviso (ii.). Grand Total 14 9
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