[Report 1935] / School Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich.

  • West Bromwich (England). Council.
Date:
1935
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    Cleanliness Surveys. 1934. 1935. IN umber of examinations of children Number of individual children found 48,024 37,382 unclean 2,339 1,522 Number of visits to Schools 240 196 Number of visits to Homes ... 355 247 It is regretted that owing to sickness among the members of the school nursing staff it has not been possible to make the usual number of examinations of children for uncleanliness. The percentage of uncleanliness ascertained was approximately similar to that of 1934. (c) Minor ailments and diseases of the skin. It will be observed from Table II., pages 34-35, that IT defects of this nature were found at Routine Inspections and 385 at Special Inspections. No- cases of ringworm of the scalp were found but impetigo was still, unfortunately, rather prevalent. (d) Visual defects and external eye disease. Out of 4,292 children examined at Routine Inspections, 2G9, or 6-3%, were found to have squint or defective vision; 25, or -58%, had external eye disease. (e) Nose and throat defects. Details are shown in Table II., pages 34-35. It will be observed that out of 4,292 children examined at Routine Inspections, 519 were found to have defects of this nature. (f) Ear disease and defective hearing. Details are shown in Table II., pages 34-35. (g) Dental defects. A perusal of Table Y., page 41, shows that the dentists devoted G9 half days to inspection and inspected 11,722 children; of these, 7,G77 required treatment. (h) Orthopaedics and postural defects. Four cases of spinal curvature were discovered during the year. These were postural defects of slight character and were recommended for remedial exercises at Hallam Hospital. (i) Heart disease and rheumatism. Out of 4,292 children examined at Routine Inspections, 29 cases of organic heart disease and 12 cases of anaemia were discovered.