Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department.

  • Madras (India). Health Department
Date:
[1925]
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Credit: Report of the Health Officer, Corporation of Madras Health Department. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Minor maladies were treated at the municipal dispensaries while some of the i 'l t < I : j i ' . ’ more carious cases were referred to the general hospitals. _ Number not bearing marl^s of Vaccination.—48 boys (1.17 per cent) had mo visible marks of vaccination. All such cases have been advised re-vaccination. Deformities.—30 boys (0.71 per cent) and 5 g?rls (0.21 per cent) were defective under this head as against 0.8 per cent and 0.18 per cent in 1924. Short and deformed limbs ... ... ... ,] 6 Spinal curvature _ ... ... 8 Flat foot ... ... ... 4 Deformed joints • ... ... ... 3 Super-numerary fingers ... ... ... 3 Syndactily ... ... ... 2 Talipes ... ... ... 2 Torticollis ... _ ... 1 Hypospadiasis penis ... ... ... f Deformed cranium ... ... ... | Re-inspection.—165 re-inspection were made in various schools and the condi¬ tion of the improvement in the pupils noted. Medical treatment. School medical service is detective and explanatory and intends to forewarn the application of suitable remedies in proper time. The aumber of children prescribed for and sent to the Corporation dispensaries was 4827. Cases referred to General Hospitals ... ... 167 „ Opthalmic Hospital ... ... 103 „ Tuberculosis Institute ... 34 304 Broadly speaking the usual categories of defects requiring treatment were:— (a) Minor maladies. (b) Defective vision. (c) Enlarged Tonsils. (d) Defective teeth. (e) Crippling defects. unless and until suitable arrangements are made for providing appropriate treatment for each of the above, little or no progress can be made and none expected in the diiection of bettering the health condition of the children. So long again el this objective remains unfulfilled, so long will the education imparted be defective
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