[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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    so Tn'Mlincnl l)v Zinc Tnnisation ;— 'rransfoiTod to Gcnicval Inlinnavy I Cured (no recurrence of discliaree) 2 . Dischai'sc ccaj^es but recurs ... (i Xo ctTl'ct ... ... .... I 10 (li). DentuI Defects. l.()4t> children were treatetl at tlie Clinic for ilcnlal defects during 1027. the total attondance.s being 2,0.20. IX'tail?? of treatnu'iit are given in Table 4, Group 4, at the curl of the report. It is to be noted that oo-'i per cent of tho.se found to reipiire treatment were actually treated at the Clinic. (/). Crippling Defects and Crlhopasdics. Siiocial consideration was giv(Mi during the year to the treatment of erip])ling defects and a scheme w ws ju'epared for the special treatmtmt of eri))[>le <4iildren by meajis of an ('lithopasdic Clinic and the tr(‘alment at Grthopanlic Ifospitals where necessary. The scheme was not (piite complete, and had n<it received olHeial apjiroval at tla* c lose of the year. Sooner or later, the fjoeal education Committee' will retpiire to consider the question of a Special Classes School, comprising provision for Open Air Mdueation Classes for ei ipplcd, myopic, and feeble minded childn'ii. The treatment of such oase.s is gn-atly retarded by their being dealt with in an ordinary class. t)pen ..\ir education would be the mo.st suitable treatment for the delicate child. Further, the presence of feeble minded children in ordinary classes does no good to the other children, and the feeble minded child gets none of the sjjccial cdueation which would stand him in good .stead later on in life when he attempts the battle of life handicapped by his defect, and in competition against people of normal ment.ality.