[Report 1922] / School Medical Officer of Health, Warrington County Borough.

  • Warrington (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1922
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Credit: [Report 1922] / School Medical Officer of Health, Warrington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and the numbers dealt with in 1922 are shown in the next table : — Children Examined by Medical Officer of Health as to Freedom from Infection. Disease. Cases Detected. Number of Examinations Scarlet fever. Diphtheria SCARLET FEVER (Convalescents examined as to their fitness to return to School.) DIPHTHERIA Ditto. CONTACTS with cases of Diph¬ theria examined previous to j being allowed to attend School after case removed to Hospital. SORE THROATS (examined previous to being allowed to attend School). 238 13 56 411 9 Totals 718 9 Deaths from infectious Diseases and all other causes among children of school age during the past T years are given in the following table : — Cause of death. Scarlet Fever . Diphtheria . Enteric Fever . Measles . Whooping Cough Diarrhoea . Tuberculosis of Lungs ... Other Tubercular Diseases Influenza . Accidents . AH other causes. 1916. 3 1 13 39 1917. 1918. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1922. 2—1—1 1 3 8 3 —1 1 2 9 4 7 2 5 6 5 6 8 6 26 11 3 1 37 46 26 31 18 1 o tmJ 1 5 20 Totals 58 58 90 58 49 32 31 The following table shows the number of visits paid by the Sanitary Inspectors to the homes of school children in