[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Ilkeston Borough.

  • Ilkeston (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Ilkeston Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Uncleanliness. Y ear. Average Number of Children on School Registers. Number of Individual Children Found Unclean. Percentage. 1935 5,121 870 16.9 1936 4,927 824 16.7 1937 4,826 732 15.1 1938 4,640 791 17.0 1939 4,462 776 17.3 1940 4,388 661 15.0 (c) Minor Ailments and Skin Diseases.—A comparative table follows giving the results for the last ten years :— Year. Impetigo. Ringworm of Scalp. Scabies. 1931 32 2 3 1932 44 1 9 1933 27 1 15 1934 28 9 6 1935 33 13 3 1936 44 1 21 1937 44 — 14 1938 40 1 24 1939 35 — 29 1940 31 — 35 (d) Tuberculosis.—There was one new respiratory case and two new non-respiratory cases among school children. The two latter were cases of adenitis of the neck and meningitis. (e) Other Defects. At routine inspections the incidence of defective vision (excluding squint) was 7.8 per cent. At the 4,163 dental inspections, 3,414 children were found to require treatment, i.e., 82 per cent. The number of children who accepted treatment was 3,290 or 96.3 per cent. Statistics regarding defects are given in Table II. VI. FOLLOWING UP. The usual system of following up has been adhered to. The following table gives a summary of the work of the school nurses during 1940.