[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    have showed any crude physical signs of nutritional defect. Any nutritional deficiences are liable to be due to wrong balance of diet rather than deficiency. Skin conciitioiis.—There continues to be a large number of defects found. At routine b4 were found to require treatment and 66 observation and during Special inspection 459 required treatment and '1 observation. Ear, Mose and Throat,—Most of these are observation cases, associated with enlarged tonsils. Ear infections require to be specially treated or watched, as this condition frequently leads to deafness in later life. During recent 3^ears there has been a sharp decrease in the frequence of ear infections attending the Clinic. Orthopaedic conditions,—The majority of the cases were to do with minor foot conditions. Psychological.—Much more attention is now given to the psycho- logical changes associated with growing up. Parents, teachers and even the children themselves appreciate and ask for guidance in these matters. These services are developing rapidly and much more could be done if more trained staff was available. One of the functional conditions which is brought before the School Medical Officer is Nocturnal Enuresis. The majority of these cases manifest no obvious physical cause, and they are basically psychological problems. Some cases have been aided by relaxation exercises such as those used for speech therapy; others have responded to treatment with a nocturnal enuresis alarm apparatus. Two outfits have been purchased by the Health Department f.oans Section and are loaned free to suitable cases. The results have been satisfactory. UMCLEANLINESS. On the average each school was visited on 5.6 occasions by the School Nurses for the purpose of cleanliness inspections. ’File number of examinations of children for this purpose was 18,074. As a result of these ins]')ecli,ons 6.7% of the children were found to be infested, either with nits or lice. In 2 of I he children infestation of the body was found; the remainder were in the head. It is only by constant head inspections that the persistent source of reinfestation can be dealt with, and this nuisance kept under control.