[Report 1933] / School Health Service, Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire (Wales). County Council. School Health Service.
Date:
1933
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Credit: [Report 1933] / School Health Service, Monmouthshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1933. 1932. 1931. Chief defects found. No. Per- No. Per- No. Per- centage centage centage Nits of head (mild) 5862 50 5336 4-3 4019 4-6 Do. (bad) 2100 1-8 726 •5 667 •7 Body vermin 476 •40 2087 1-7 3012 3-5 Dirty body 1478 1-3 1173 •9 1055 12 Ragged and dirty clothing 630 •53 1034 •8 951 11 Insufficient clothing 87 •07 104 •08 72 •08 Excessive clothing 164 •14 175 ■14 95 •11 Poor footgear 296 ■25 618 •5 466 •54 Poor nutrition 84 •07 76 •06 62 •07 Skin diseases 1135 ■96 1452 11 2014 2-3 External eye diseases 387 •33 452 •3 241 •28 Otorrhoea 332 •28 233 •19 60 ■07 Miscellaneous 444 •38 408 •3 91 •10 Total defects 13475 115 13874 113 12805 14-9 No. of children examined, 1933, 110,975; 1932, 122,024; 1931, 85,572. The percentage of defects of cleanliness (apart from minor ailments) found by the Health Visitors during* the year was 10 7 per cent., as com- pared with 9 0 per cent, for 1932, 1T3 per cent, for 1931. The parents were notified of the defects, and a re-examination of the children was made by the Health Visitors after a month’s interval. A total of 12,028 cases were re-examined, and 9,742 (77 1 per cent.) were found to have improved, and 2,880 (22.8 per cent.) showed no im- provement. The homes of the children who had shown no improvement were visited, and instructions given to their parents or guardians in the methods of remedying the defect found. Further examinations were made of 10,905 children, and 5,557 (50 9 per cent.) were found to have improved by the time of' this subsequent visit. Some 4,334 (39.7 per cent.) were undergoing treatment, and 1,014 (93 per cent.) showed no improvement, and no satisfactory promises of treatment were received from the parents or guardians. The homes of these children were again visited. In 1932, the numbers of examinations were 8,909; improved, 6,538 (520 per cent.); undergoing treatment, 4,937 (39 1 per cent.); no improve- ment 1,097 (8 7 per cent.).