[Report 1939] / School Medical Officer of Health, St Helens.
- St. Helens (Merseyside, England). Council.
- Date:
- 1939
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1939] / School Medical Officer of Health, St Helens. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![] requiring treatment, and 375 (35.75%) defects which required to be 1 kept under observation. The corresponding percentages for 1938 i were 5.22% and 30.^2%. i In addition to the routine inspections 160 special cases were : examined and 365 children previously found defective were re- : examined. MEDICAL TREATMENT. Elementary Schools. Table IV gives in detail and Table VII in summary the treat¬ ment obtained for the various defects referred for treatment during 1939. These Tables show that the number of children receiving treatment for the various classes of defects still maintained a very satisfactory level despite the difficulties of the year. That no appreci¬ able decrease in treatment resulted from the disturbance in the school medical scheme due to the outbreak of war is shown by the following figures, which give the number of children treated during the period September to December. No. of Dental cases treated . 2010 No. of Minor Ailments treated . 849 No. of Ophthalmic cases treated . 148 No. of Aural cases treated . 40 No. of Tonsil and Adenoid Operations . 39 No. of Orthopaedic cases treated . 162](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30127166_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
