[Report 1924] / School Medical Officer of Health, Middlesex County Council.

  • Middlesex (England). County Council. n 99020326.
Date:
1924
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Credit: [Report 1924] / School Medical Officer of Health, Middlesex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    improvement upon those of previous years, as will be seen from the following table :— Year. Number Inspected. Number Found to be Uncleanly or Verminous. Per cent. 1919 99,837 9,053 9-0 1920 126,521 12,118 9-5 1921 168,240 11,292 6-7 1922 160,591 10,972 6-8 1923 164,339 10,774 6-5 1924 162,816 8,577 5-2 (b) Minor Ailments.—Under this category are included such conditions as various skin diseases, minor eye, ear, nose and throat defects, minor injuries, &c. ; particulars concerning the incidence of these are set out in Table II. Reference to Table IV, Group I, shows that a total of 10,043 such defects needed treatment. This is 830 more than last year, and comparison with last year's tables shows that the increase is particularly noticeable under the heading of Special ” Inspections, Table II. This denotes an enhanced appreciation of the value of early treatment of disease by parents and teachers, who are chiefly responsible lor tb,e submission of children for “ Special Inspection. (c) Tonsils and Adenoids.—A total of 1,162 children, or 4-7 per cent, of the total number inspected, were found to be suffering from enlargement of tonsils or adenoids, or both. Of these, 745 required treatment, which is 3 per cent, of the number of children inspected, as compared with 3-1 per cent, in 1923. (d) Tuberculosis.— During 1924 the Assistant School Medical Officers reported 93 cases of definite or suspected tuberculosis of all forms. Of these, 36 were pulmonary, and 57 non-pulmonary cases. All children not already receiving treatment were referred to the Council’s Tuberculosis
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