[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.

  • Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.
Date:
1934
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Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Entrants Intermediates Leavers Needing Needing Needing Defects. Treat- ment. Observa- tion. Treat- ment. Observa- tion. Treat- ment. Observa- tion. Tuberculosis. Pulmonary— Definite ... — ■ — — — — Pulmonary— Suspected _ _ Non-Pulmonary— Glands ... — 1 — — — — Spine — — — — — — Hips 1 1 — — — — Other Bones and J oints — — — — — — Skin — — — _ 1 — — Other Forms ... — — — — — — Nervous System. Epilepsy 1 1 Chorea — 1 1 3 — — Other Conditions ... — 2 — — — — Deformities. Rickets — — — — — — Spinal Curvature ... _ — 1 — — 1 Other Forms 2 4 1 2 4 — 6 Other Defects and Diseases 20 12 18 9 13 25 Number of Defects 187 78 226 69 204 108 Number of Defective Children 171 115 190 Number of Children Examined ... 1061 1027 1140 INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Mumps, whooping-cough and chicken-pox have been present in epidemic form. The last named is notifiable in Bournemouth, but as many of the parents fail to call in a doctor the number of notifications is not an accurate index of the prevalence of the disease. Diphtheria and scarlet fever, especially the former, have caused no anxiety, the number of cases notified being relatively small. It must not be assumed that the Borough will always be so fortunate. Should a virulent type of either disease appear in a school the consecprences would ])robably be serious. A scheme will shortly be introduced enabling parents to have