[Report 1934] / School Health Service, Newcastle-under-Lyme.

  • Newcastle-under-Lyme (England). School Health Service.
Date:
1934
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Credit: [Report 1934] / School Health Service, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    so, the present figures relating to undcanliness are still too high. Persistent uncleanliness is an index of parental neglect and, unless these figures show material improvement, it will be necessary to th Committee to institute proceedings in certain s] cases, with the object of having it brought home to parents that persistent uncleanliness of a child’s head shows neglect, and that such neglect is a legal offence. D.—'Tonsils and Adenoids. Among the routine and special examinations 331 children were found to be suffering from chronic tonsillitis, 254 of these being cases of such a degree as to require treatment, and the balance of 77 being slighter cases which required only to be kept under observation. Nineteen children were suffering from adenoid hypertrophy, 17 of such a degree as to require treatment, and 146 children were suffering from a combination of chronic * tonsillitis and adenoid hypertrophy, 124 of these being of such a degree as to require treatment. In addition 70 children were found to be suffering from other conditions of the nose and throat. These other conditions were : acute tonsillitis 44, nasal catarrh 11, goitre 8, cleft palate 3, laryngitis 1, bifid uvula 1, tonsillar calculus 1, deflected nasal septum 1. Of the cases which exhibited enlargement of the tonsils or adenoid hypertrophy, or a combination of both these conditions, of sitch a degree as to require treatment, 137 were operated upon and 19 received other forms of treatment. Of the other cases 58 were referred for treatment, and all received treatment either by the home doctor or at a hospital, with the exception of one of the cases of cleft palate, while 12 cases were referred for observation. E.—Tuberculosis. Nine cases of definite or suspected cases of tuberculous adenitis, 5 cases pulmonary tuberculosis, 7 of tubercular arthritis, and