[Report 1949] / School Medical Officer of Health, Lanark County Council.
- Lanarkshire (Scotland). County Council
- Date:
- 1949
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1949] / School Medical Officer of Health, Lanark County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![6 MEDICAL TREATMENT. A. Minor Ailments Treatment. The treatment of minor ailments is a statutory duty, and the logical follow-up of the early detection of defect. Many of these j ailments are of a simple nature, others are more serious—all ate a potential danger to child health and a source of interrupted education ] and are treated with a view to cure at the earliest moment. I Our clinics, numbering twelve main and eleven subsidiary units ] through the County, were freely attended during the year. A mobile clinic served some of the isolated rural schools. Those I reporting for treatment were mainly eye, skin, ear, nose and throat I affections. The total number of children treated at the main clinics was j 11,738 and the number of attendances was 59,614. At the sub- 1 sidiary clinics the number treated was 4,545 and involved 24,310 j attendances. The total for all clinics was 16,283 with 83,924 attendances. The following are the totals of children treated in the main ] clinics and the number of attendances made in the four main ] categories of conditions :— (1) Eye conditions treated 1,779 and attendances made 11,374. (2) Skin conditions treated 8,509 and attendances made 37,419. (3) Ear diseases treated 1,034 and attendances made 8,354. (4) Nasal conditions treated 236 and attendances made 2,000. As usual, skin conditions were in the majority. Cleansing of children suffering from verminous conditions is 1 carried out at all the clinics. During the past year 1,484 children ; were cleansed, of these 147 were boys and 1,337 were girls. Super-1 vision, after disinfestation, is maintained by the nursing staff. In the special schools a nurse is in daily attendance to treat minor ailments. The total number of treatments given was 38,927. At the Minor Ailments Clinics other examinations than those l mentioned above are carried out. These examinations totalled 2,907 during the past year. A tabular statement of the clinics, children treated and atten- J dances made is given on opposite page :—](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28658978_0026.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
