[Report 1929] / School Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds (England). City Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / School Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (B) Treatment of Minor Ailments- - Number of Dressings at Clinics— Ringworm of Head 4,086 (5.262) Ringworm of Body 4.765 (6,840) Scabies ... 968 (1,262) Impetigo ... 30,442 (44,545) Other Skin Diseases ... ... 63,210 (64.970) Ear Diseases ... ... 21,311 (29,604) External Eye Diseases ... 26,917 (28,866) Other Defects ... • •• 65,485 (86,936) 230,796 (268,283) (C) Visits to Homes ... 3.649 (4J52) (D) Proportion of Time given to Different Sections of Work (1929) (192S) Hours 0 /() Hours 0 /o Clinic Work ... ... ... 30,818] 70-5 (52,309]) (70-2) Examinations in Schools ... 7,096] 16-2 (:7.578\) (i6-5) Visits to Homes ... ... 2,160 5-o (2,276]) (4'9) Office Work ... ... ... 3,634!, 8'3 (3,8751) (8-4) 43.709 (46,0391) (E) Summary of the Work of Masseuses— (1929) (1928) Number of Visits to Homes 1,015 (641) Number of Children Treated 619 (57°) Number of Treatments 25.175 (• 21,849) Climes— During the year the total number of attendances at the clinics for all purposes was 274,160, a diminution of 43,773. 1 he total number of attendances for medical purposes alone was 251,216, a decrease of 44,124 as compared with the previous twelve months. 1 his decrease is general at the individual clinics with the exception of Holbeck. The individual attendances were—Armlev 27,623; Burley 29,263; Edgar Street 62,955; Holbeck 42,132: Hunslet 37,471; Meanwood 31,184; and the Central 20,588. The number of children who attended for medical purposes was 37,488 or 3,398 fewer than in the previous year: had those 37,488 children Medical Treatment