[Report 1922] / School Medical Officer of Health, Northampton Borough.

  • Northampton (England). Borough Council
Date:
1922
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    proper cleansing and other treatment of the ear is skilled work requiring skilled supervision as well as adequate control of the young patient. It is for such reasons that the provision of facilities for the treatment of this and other conditions is necessary. The odour proceeding from untreated otorrhoea may be as bad as to necessiate exclusion from school. Many cases of deafness are due to otorrhoea, which renders early, persistent, and skilled treatment all the more necessary.” EXTERNAL EYE DISEASES. Three hundred and eleven cases of defect were found and 245 obtained treatment at the school clinic, involving 2,865 attendances. The results were: remedied 78T per cent.; improved 11*6 per cent.; unchanged 6-8 per cent ; no report or no treatment 3-5 per cent. The chief conditions were blepharitis, conjunctivitis, and corneal ulcer. DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT. There were 389 children examined by the Ophthalmic Surgeon (Mr. E. H. Harries-Jones) for the detection and correction of errors of refraction, classified thus :—myopia 29 ; myopic astigmatism 118; hypermetropia 8 ; hypermetropic astigmatism 138 ; mixed astigmatism 55 ; no defect requiring glasses 16 ; no change of glasses required 25. In 36 of the above squint was present. This is a defect which should receive attention as soon as detected. The re-examination of myopes was carried out as usual; those which gave a good form test with no subjective symptoms were not referred to the Ophthalmic Surgeon. The number of such re-examinations was 224, and in 36 cases referred back the glasses were changed. The price of spectacles supplied through the Clinic was reduced on the 1st July, 1922, from 5/- to 4/- per pair, but 70 pairs were granted free or at a further reduced price. The money from sales received amounted to £61 12s, 3d. DENTAL SUB-DEPARTMENT. The work of the School Dental Sub-Department has not suffered from alteration or reduction of staff, like the rest of the School Medical Ser¬ vice, and Mr. Anderson, the School Dentist, presents his report as set out below. I do not feel in a position to make any useful comment at this time. Report of ARTHUR SHERWOOD, ANDERSON, L.D.S., R.C.S.Ed. To the School Medical Officer. Sir, A record of the work done in this department will be found in Table IV., Section D, at the end of main report.
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