[Report 1922] / School Medical Officer of Health, Northampton Borough.
- Northampton (England). Borough Council
- Date:
- 1922
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1922] / School Medical Officer of Health, Northampton Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Hernia. There were twenty-three cases of hernia found, six of which were operated on, three supplied with trusses, and in the fourteen re¬ maining there is no evidence that treatment was obtained. In the Table which follows, the results of the treatment of all defects found are set out. It will be seen that about the same proportion (93-3 per cent.) obtained treatment as in the previous year. 73*8 per cent, of these defects were remedied, 13-2 per cent, improved, and in 6-4 per cent, there was little change. The remainder (6-6 per cent.) represents those who did not receive treatment or on whom no report is available. TREATMENT OF DEFECTS DURING 1922. Defects requiring Treat¬ ment. Results of Treatment. No. Report avail¬ able. Defects not treated. Condition. Remed¬ ied. Im¬ proved. Un¬ changed. Clothing ..... 65 38 4 12 7 4 Footgear . 4 3 1 —• — ■—- Cleanliness of Head 552 278 178 41 17 38 Cleanliness of Body 67 38 12 14 9 1 Nutrition . 8 1 4 1 2 •— Nose and Throat... 243 155 40 21 15 12 External Eye Dis.... 311 243 36 21 10 1 Ear Disease ........ 179 86 69 20 4 — Teeth ... 81 23 13 — — 45 Heart & Circulation 15 3 6 6 — — Lungs. 27 17 5 2 3 — Nervous System ... 30 13 Q KJ 5 9 j-J 1 Skin . 1140 4 1017 2 83 28 1 O i 9 Rickets . 9 Deformities .. Tuberculosis 36 6 24 4 1 1 (non-pulmonary)... 8 — 4 O O 1 — Speech.. 8 3 3 — 9 — Mental Condition ... 8 — — 8 —— — Vision and Squint 408 335 — 31 1 41 Hearing .... 137 80 19 31 6 1 Miscellaneous .. 827 728 38 17 25 19 Totals .. 4] 58 3069 549 265 111 164 INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Influenza. During the early months school attendance suffered from an outbreak of influenza and 1,905 cases of this disease were reported by teachers amongst the scholars in attendance. 1,682 were reported in the week ending the 21st January. This represents the largest outbreak](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29917669_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
