[Report 1947] / School Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough.

  • Eastbourne (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / School Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    acvci’c oror.c'i^icl c'oarrh occurrintj > V'.,ry y.-ar £.:vz reported ''the best mntcr ever. ■i']:e st uejority vof esses tr'-cted seiov; o .^ratiTying inersase in appetite and. vreijlit, and a gv^r.; ral feclij'.g of vjcll-being* T:'e Liost otri]:ing result vjas in a boy -'ith irn.petigo so ^adoly distributed ever b.is face and body that iionaal naans of trcatneiit vjere inpracticable - sb.ort daily enposurcs for tl:rce days conplatcly cleared the skin lc;Sion3^- and on the fourth day tJic boy vres diecherged as cured. The-; cost of the installation has alre-ady been repaid by the noteworthy results obtained. (e) J,dR .i'OwT hiiP TlItiQ-,T OLIillC. The na,.ibcr of children referred by the staff of the dopartineiit to the -.ar nose ajid Tnroat surgeon did not justify special sessions at our own Central Clinic, fifty-seven children of school age nerc seen by idr. Cuffey at tiic xrincess ^-licc Hospital Cutpatiait Dope.rtment. (f) ITNOR AmvI HTS CLIIIIC. Minor daLuents Clinics v/ere iiold daily durin tom tine, at .venue house Clinic, Hanpden i'ark hchool, .dcacia Villa, and on cltcvrnato days at tne Open Air ociiool. huxiber of individual children attending Clinics 1,194 Total nuinber of o.ttcndances 3,465 '■ Ufsber of ■ efects treated 1,200 hlnor Ailiuents fro a. ted. 3yos: hleoharitiSj styes and other disease of lids Conjunctivitis .Toreign bodies and other eye ailnents Mars: Otitis raedia and Otorrhoea Otitis entciaia an Skin: Impetigo ■cabies and post-ocabics irritation -Ringwonai: .jcalp ody Skin sepsis other than Impetigo Boils and carbuncles Other shin conditions, inc, chilblains, vjarts Injuries: Guts and abiasions Sprains, bruises etc OtTa-'.r minor injuries hums Infestation; i'sdicuTLosis Other Miscellaneous 26 29 27 40 13 15 78 2 10 161 45 114 217 7b 57 13 90 5 164 1,200 A snail number of the above children after enanination by the School iTurscs vjcre referred to the Central Clinic at Avenue ibuse for exar.iination by the Doctor,
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