[Report 1938] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bootle County Borough.

  • Bootle (Lancashire, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bootle County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1G External Eye Diseases. Inflammatory conditions of the external eye were noted in 99 cases at routine inspections, and in 477 cases at special inspections. DISEASES OF THE EAR. During the routine examinations 50 children were found to be suffering from suppurative ear discharge, which is an incidence of 1‘4 per cent., a low figure compared with the incidence seven years ago, the figure for 1931 being 2'9 per cent. Table II shows that, including those found at special inspections, 236 cases of otorrhoea came under notice during the year. The system, instituted in 1930, of registering all cases of otorrhoea continues in force. The total number entered, including cases carried on from 1937, was 512, of which 407 were seen at the aural clinic. A record has also been kept of 41 cases of deafness and of 105 children below school age referred on account of otorrhoea from the Infant Welfare Clinics. The register was worked through, so that all cases received an offer of treatment, if such were not being obtained elsewhere. Aural clinics, conducted by Dr. M. B. Clarke, have been held at weekly intervals, the total attendances numbering 827, with an average of 26 per session. The records were inspected periodically and cases in some instances followed up by visits of school nurses to the homes. Ten consultative aural clinics, with Mr. Tumarkin in attendance, were held during the year, and 368 examinations were made. Of these, 3 cases of otorrhoea were referred to hospital for operation, 22 for other treatment, 36 for investigation of sinuses, 10 for Proetz treatment, and 49 were advised to have tonsils and adenoids removed. An analysis of the cases of otorrhoea seen at the Aural Clinic is given below. The figures refer to “ears,” and the term “cured” is used to denote that an ear remained dry for a period of four weeks. In addition, 9 cases of deafness, 41 of non-suppurative otitis media, and 37 of external otitis, wax, etc., were treated, while 30 cases were examined and found not to require treatment.