[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackburn County Borough.

  • Blackburn (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackburn County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    61 GROUP II.—DEFP]CTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Eye Disease treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.) No. of defects dealt with ERRORS OF REFRACTION (including squint). (Operations for squint should be recorded sepnr itely in the body of the School Medical Officer’s Report) ... 994 Other defect or diseas i of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.)... ... 23 Total 1017 No. of Pupils for whom spectacles were (a) Prescribed ... ... ... ... 634 (6) Obtained ... ... ... ... 555 GROUP III.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT Total number treated. Received operative treatment— (а) for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis ... ... ... ... ... ... 138 (б) for other nose and throat conditions ... ... ... ... ... ... — Received other forms of treatment ... ... ... ... ... ... ... — Total 138 GROUP IV—ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS (o) No. treated as in-patients in hospitals or hospital schools ... ... ... 27 (6) No. treated otherwise e.q. in clinics or out-patient departments ... ... 171 GROUP V.—CHILD GUIDANCE TREATMENT AND SPEECH THERAPY No. of pupils treated (a) under Child Guidance arrangements ... ... ... 73 (h) under Speech Therapy arrangements ... ... .. 47 Table 26. DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT. (1) Number of pupils inspected by the Authority’s Dental Officers— (а) Periodic age groups ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13244 (б) Specials ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1423 (c) TOTAL (Periodic and Specials) ... .. ... ... ... ... 14667 (2) Number found to require treatment ... ... ... ... ... ... 7981 (3) Number actually treated ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5553 (4) Attendances made by pupils for treatment ... ... ... ... ... 8169 (5) Half-days devoted to ; (a) Inspection ... ... ... ... ... ... 128 (5) Treatment ... ... ... ... ... ... 1154