[Report 1936] / School Medical Officer of Health, Warrington County Borough.

  • Warrington (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / School Medical Officer of Health, Warrington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Minor ailments are potential sources of more serious conditions if neglected, and they certainly lead to a considerable loss of attendance at school of the children affected, thereby interfering considerably with their education. Not only is the incidence of these ailments being reduced from year to year, but the severity of the conditions found is on the whole much less than in former years. Inspection Clinic. (For cases referred by School Nurses, School Teachers, School Attendance Officers, and others.) Boys. Girls. Total. Ringworm (Scalp).... 8 5 13 „ (Skin) .... 7 7 14 Conjunctivitis 36 34 70 Blepharitis .... 8 3 11 Aural Discharge .... 1 3 4 Impetigo (Scalp) .... 34 44 78 » (Skin) .... 53 35 88 Scabies 20 22 42 Pediculosis (Scalp) 11 158 169 „ (Body) 10 8 18 Eczema 4 6 10 Corneal Ulcers 1 — 1 Miscellaneous 43 37 80 Keratitis 1 1 2 237 363 600 (In 1935 the numbers were : Boys 212, Girls 348 ; Total 560.) The miscellaneous cases consist of various ailments such as sores on the feet or legs, herpes, burns, bruises, abscesses. &c. These cases were dealt with as follows :— Boys. Girls. Total Referred to private practitioners.... 22 27 49 ,, ,, Infirmary 8 4 12 ,, „ School Clinic (excluded from school) 163 128 291 ,, „ treatment at home .... 23 143 166 Found fit for school on first attendance.... 21 61 82 So far as the Local Authority is concerned the treatment of minor ailments may be divided into 3 groups :— 1. Treatment at the School Clinic. 2. Treatment in the Schools. 3. Treatment in the Homes. (1)—Treatment at the School Clinic. When a child is suffering from an ailment that from its con¬ tagiousness may spread to other children, or when the attendance of a child in school may be harmful for other reasons, the case is excluded for treatment, and in the majority of instances of minor ailments this treatment is sought at the School Clinic.