[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    During the year the Mass Miniature Radiography Unit visited Bury, and was accommodated in the basement of the new Town Hall. The number of School Children examined was 539 (Boys ‘272, Girls 267). DtABETES. There are no children who require special residential care. HEART CONDITIONS. On the defects register at the School Clinic there are records of 45 children who have been discovered to be suffering from some lesion of the heart. Of these 6 have lesions of the valves of the heart which require treatment or which require that their school activities with reference to physical training and games are to be curtailed. Two cases suffer from functional heart disorders and 8 children have defects due to congenital heart abnormalities. The number of children requiring observation is 29. These are minor or well compensated cases which under observation can join in school activities. Assistance has been sought in dealing with many of these cases from the Cardiac Clinic at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, where electrocardiograms and specialist advice has been available. The closest co-operation has been sought in these cases, also with the child’s own doctor. THE ORTHOP/EDIC CLINIC. An arrangement was in force under which Orthopaedic cases from Bury participate in the Scheme of the Lancashire County Council. / The Orthopaedic Clinic is held at the “ Uplands,” Whitefield, on Fridays. The Orthopaedic Surgeon, Mr. A. P. Grade, M.B., F.R.C.S.E., attends on the second Friday of each month. At Ancoats Hospital, Manchester, cases are seen for further opinion or lor further examination, including X-ray photographs. Apart from examination and out-patient treatment, only short- stay cases are admitted to the wards of the Ancoats Hospital. At Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital in-patient treat- ment is afforded. Particulars of cases dealt with at the Orthopaedic Clinic dur- ing the year are given below ;—