[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough.

  • Burton upon Trent (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    <!i'c'ivas(' in minor conditions of the oar. TIu' numlxu' of cases ot Hingworm (rtaiU'd is almost the sai'no as last year. Many chihlnm allcndod for dressing (»f the’arms following vaccination. (/>). Tonsils and Adenoids. Tiie treatment of this comjition is carried out mainly at the General rufirmary. The Local .Authority incurs no e.xjicnditun' on this account. ,'I'lie cases are referred to tlunr private me.dioal attemdants, and thus are either trtaited by operation at the Infirmary, or. in a few cases, o[)erated on at home. .Assistaiu-e is given l)y the ICducation (.'ommittec and by various ^'oluntary .\ssoeiations. which ])rovide Infirmary tiekefs for ncces'.itous eases. 1 am indebted to the staff of the Buiton Infirmary for supplyitig a. record of the cases treated by operation. Duriny llu' war 1!)27. 140 cliildren had this defect remcdicfl bv operation. (e). Ttlfcerculosis. nuring tlie year 1027, 12 children of school age underwent, treatment in the Outwoods .Sanatorium foi' 'I'ubcr- eulosis, three of whom suffered from lung disease, aiul nine from Xo]i-Pulmnnary disease. In addition 11 children were tnuite-cl in various Orthoi)aedic Institutions for bone and joint Tuberculosis. t)f the 101 notili('d ca.ses of Tuberculosis in tie' schools, most hav(* liad period.s of treatment, either at the .Sanatorium or at the Tulx'r- culosis Dispensary, until tlie di.sea.se is arrested. Furfhi-r supc'r- vision eontinue.s in the case of arrested disease until the arrestment has been maintained for three years. The Tuberouh^sis Dispensarv is further made use r»f to aid in the treatment of ” delicate children, and the usual course has been to observe the.se c a.scs for a period of three months, combinerl with tonic medication. If no Tuberculosis is found, lhe.se ca.ses are I’eh-rrcd for sujx'rvisinn in .school and provisiunally considered non-luberculous. During 1027, 07 sucli “ dt licate ” children attended fhe Dis- jjensary for tn'alment and observation, 40 of these ehihlren gained more than 2 lbs. in weight. Iff others made smaller ima-eascs, ff remained stationary, and the remainder difl not attmid contuiuously.