[Report 1934] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council.

  • Essex (England). County Council.
Date:
1934
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Credit: [Report 1934] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6. Following^Up. There has been no alteration in ])roceduro from that of ])rovions years, viz., all children referred for treatment are carefully followed up by the School Nurses, assisted by the District Nurse-Midwives, and in this connection the former made 36,107 and the latter 7,556 visits to homes. 7. Medical Treatment. Arrangements have continued with additional sessions as and when required at the various clinics. (a) Minor Ailment Clinics. Extra clinics have become available and attendances continue to increase, showing that parents made full use of facilities available. New Combined Treatment Centres have been built and brought into use during the year at South Benfleet and Pitsea. Pending the erection of a new Combined Treatment Centre in the area. Grays School Clinic has been removed temporarily to rooms in Glasson House, Grays, which for the time being provide better facilities than at the Quarry Hill Centre. Provision has been made for establishing new Combined Treatment Centres at Hadleigh (building commenced), Thundersley, Braintree and Epping. At the 29 Minor Ailment Clinics in use 19,803 individual children attended and made a total of 41,931 attendances. (b) Treatment of Tonsils and Adenoids. Table IV, Group III, shows that 3,709 children received treatment for these conditions during the year, and of these 1,722 received operative treatment, an increase of 341 as compared to 1933. The increase is mainly shown by those receiving treatment, other than under the County Scheme, viz., an increase of 267, as compared to an increase of 84 receiving treatment under the Committee’s Scheme. The main addition to the Scheme during 1934 is the arrangement made with the Southend General Hospital. As a result the Rochford District now has satisfactory arrangements, a position which has long been desired. Further facilities are available at the Centres in populous areas for the I children to be examined by the Specialists prior to the operations. In actual i practice this arrangement is very satisfactory and it is found that in very few cases are the recommendations of the School Medical Inspectors reversed by the Specialists’ opinion, thus indicating the care that is taken in the selection of these cases.