[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1944
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![RETURN OF DEFECTS TREATED DURING THE YEAR (see note a) GROUP I.—MINOR AILMEN'l’S (excluding Uiirleanliness, for which see Page 51. Disease or defect (1) Skin,—11 i n g \\ ■ o n 11 — .s ca 11)— (i.) X-Kay treatinent (ii.) Other treatiin'iit Kiiigwoi'iii—body Scabie.s Iiii[)etigo Other skin disease Minor eye defects (^external and oilier, but e> falling in Group II.) Minor ear defects Minor nose and throat defects ... Miscellaneous {e.g., minor injuries, hrui.si blains, &c.) Tot Tlie number of cdiiltlren wlio received treatment at tlie Genera] School Clinic was 1,985. The total attendances numbered 9,301. Hiiring tlie past year the Health Visitors paid GOS visits to the homes of cliildren with defects in connection with “ following up ”— 560 first visits, 48 re-visits. GROUP II. -SCARIES AND OTHER SKIN DISEASES (excluding defects treated at the Minor Ailments Clinics) 1 Disease or defect. Number of defects treated at tile .skin Clinic during the year. Scabies : {a) nil complicated 542 (ft) complicated 328 Scabies contacts (found to be free from scabies) 1S9 Secondary dermatitis (following scabies) 39 Diseases of the scalp (dne to lice and nits) ' 367 Other skin diseases i -206 Total 1671 The total attendances made to the Clinic dmdng the year numbered 5,477. An average of 1.82 treatments only were required to effect a cure for each case of uncomplicated scabies. Niiinber of defects treated, or under treatinent, during the year. Under tlie Aiit hority s scheme (.see note b) rl) Otlieru ise Tot a I (4) 1 1 :ia 71 1:5b 14 71 1 'jcludillg ease Ib'.t “JOO es, sores, ehil- al •JO 7 1 .'.b 1105 2024 207 15s 1199 2031](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927382_0048.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
