[Report 1949] / School Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough.

  • Smethwick (Worcestershire, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / School Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I'herc were 59 notiiicalions of scarlet fever in respect of school children, compared with 65 in 1948, 49 in 1947 and 92 in 1946. There were nO' fatal cases during: the last four years. Measles cases numbered 303 hut 277 (jf these were received during- the March quarter and represented the end of the previous year’s epidemic. Whooping- cough was much less ]jrevalent, as also was chickenpox; the numher of cases of mumps was the lowest lor many years. The following table gives comparative details of infectious diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the last three years. In the case of the non-notihable diseases, the hgures are obtained from the Schools. NOTIFICATIONS DEATHS 1949 1948 1947 1949 1948 1947 Acute Poliomyelitis. 1 1 6 - 1 1 Acute Pneumonia . lU 14 6 1 - - ^ Cerebro Spinal Fever — — — — - - Chickenpox 207 246 — - — Diphtheria 1 3 5 — - - Dysentery 4 — — — - - German Measles 14 179 86 — - - Measles 303 358 289 — — - Mumps 29 368 412 — — - Paratvphoid Fever . — 6 — — - - Scarlet Fever 59 65 4'8> — - - Wdiooping Cough . 53 124 47 -- - - WORK OF THE SCHOOL NURSES. Schools 1949 1948 1947 194(j Assisting School Medical Officer . 259 278 239 284 sessions Examination of heads for nits, ringworm, etc. 17,289 14,894 ' i,837 16,720 exams School Climes Inspection Clinics 170 162 158 1 53 sessions Treatment Clinics 700 693 f)72 748 sessions Eve Clinics 86 84 // 104 sessions Skin Clinic Numher of Sessions . 143 199 225 255 Number of children treated 33 58 Kd 233 Number of Itaths given. . 32') 712 879 1,491 Visits to Houses Defects and “Following Vp” . ,. 283 43 '07 I4() visits