[Report 1933] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council.

  • Essex County Council
Date:
1933
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Credit: [Report 1933] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Clinic. No. of Sessions. No. of attend- ances. No. of Patients treated. 1 Arm of Treatment. { .Mass- age. Exer- cises. Elec- trical. Super- vision. Epping 166 161 23 8 10 6 *Wt)od{ord 151 1308 129 16 112 4 1 liraintrcc 42 415 150 4 77 69 Brentwood 68 420 149 1 38 111 Chingford 66 419 167 4 28 — 140 (Opened 10/1/33) ♦Clacton 14 34 21 — 4 17 ♦Colchester 48 74 30 — 7 1 »)»> ♦Dagenham 13!) 1336 470 2 149 — 340 ♦Grays 118 93(5 376 6 31 3 347 Hornchurch .. 16 230 99 3 43 — 54 (Opened 21/8/33) Laindon 14 85 51 1 9 — 43 (Opened 3/5/33) 1 ' Maldon 38 469 128 — 73 — 57 1 !*Bomford 70 891 329 8 130 2 193 1 1 ^4-— 1 *Thesc figures do not include patients from local autonomous Child l\’elfare Authorities. (i) Uncleanliness. Table IV, Group VI, shows that the School Nur.ses made 338,925 examinations of children and classified 4,035 individual children as unclean. An average of 11 visits per school was made. All the unclean children are followed up and it was not found necessary to institute any proceedings in the Courts to obtain the desired result. Bathing facilities at Grays and Tilbury Baths continue to render mo.st useful service, 3,594 baths being given at the former and 9,377 at the latter. 8. Infectious Diseases. Thirteen cases of smalljiox (variola minor) occurred mainly in the extra- metro])olitan and Thameside area, involving the exclusion of school children iis contacts, the last cases occurring in August. Three school children in Uagenham and two in Braintree were reported as actually having contracted the di.seasc. Apart from an epidemic of influenza at the commencement of the year, there was no unusual jirevalence of infectious illness in the schools. Twenty schools were Closed, 4 by the Local 8anitary Authority and 16 with the ajiproval of the School Medical Officer. The discasi's necessitating closure were Influenza 15, Whooping Cougli 2, Scarlet Fever 1, Chickeiipox 1 and Tonsillitis 1. I l l certificates under ])aragra[)h 15 (ii) of the Board o( Education Adminis- trative Memorandum No. 51 in res])ect of reduced attendance, due to the preval- ance of infectious diseases, were i.ssued, the di.s('ases being as follows :—Inlluenzs 105, Whooj)ing Gough 23, Scarlet Fever 7, Ghickenpox 5, Measles 2, rousillitis 1 and Mumps 1. i