[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.
- Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1962
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Presence of Parents at Periodic Medical Inspections Age Group No. of Pupils Percentage of Inspected Inspected Parents Present Entrants 7.39 96.1 Leavers 1122 16.2 Other Periodics 1 4(30 89.1 'Vhc attendance of parents at the routine })eriodie medical in- s})eetions shows a slight improvement on last year. The attendance at tlie initial examination at the infants’ schools is extremely good, hnt as usual the lea^eers are rarely accompanied. Defects found by Medical Inspections during the year Defect Code So. Periodic Inspections Defect or Disease Enti ants Lea vers 0th ers To tat T 0 T () T O T o : 4 Skin 1 5 15 33 6 10 22 54 5 Eyes— (a) Vision 30 20 89 151 127 123 240 300 (b) Squint 3 0 — — 2 o 5 8 (c) Other 2 — —- — 1 4 3 4 () Ears— (a) Hear in « 1 1 2 3 2 4 5 (b) Otitis Media — 4 w 17 5 14 t 85 (c) Other 4 1 4 10 0 10 14 21 7 Nose and Throat 25 50 5 58 9 73 39 181 8 Speech 5 1 -- - 3 1 10 0 20 0 I.,ymphatic Glands 19 — 83 1 52 1 104 10 Heart 1 11 1 11 14 2 30 11 Lun<TS 10 22 1 12 1 25 12 59 12 Developmental (a) Hernia 1 9 2 2 8 11 (b)Other ■—■ 31 — 12 8 31 8 74 18 Orthopaedic (a) Posture 2 8 1 0 9 3 23 (b) Feet 5 15 8 8 4 20 12 43 (e) Other 8 15 - 12 3 9 0 30 14 Nervous System - (a) Epilepsy o 2 5 9 (b) Other '— — — 8 —■ 2 — 5 15 Psychological (a) Development . 7 5 27 89 (b) Stability ■—- 4 — 8 — 20 83 K) Abdomen — — — 1 — 2 — 3 17 Other 12 4 21 5 35 3 08 12 4'.=^l)efect recjuirino Treatment ().=l)efeet recjiiiring Observation It is not possible to draw any general eonehisions from these figures as the definition of “requiring treatment” and “ree|uiring oi)ser\ ation” varies with different school medical oltieers. Those under observation include many defects which may be corrected s])ontaneously never reephre treatment and are kept under observation as a precautionary measure.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29171271_0048.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
