[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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![40 were seen at re-insix'etions in all sc'hools in the Itorougii. Ttiese were children noted at ])rcvions routine medical inspections to be in need of further observation, treatment nnd advice. These inspections are found to be of j^artienlar \ aluc in bringino- to light children who. owing to one cause or another, have failed to attend either the specialist clinic or their general {practitioner. Minor Ailment Clinics Tor most of the year Minor Ailment Clinics pvere held at five Centres for an hour each morning with a nurse in attendance. A doctor was available at the Central Clinic each morning and another doctor attended each of the {pcrijiheral cunies on one morning each week. As all schools in the borough are su{)plied with first-aid dressings for treatment ot minor cuts and abrasions it was considered unnecessary to {irox idc additional facaiities at the clinics each day. The number of minor ailment clinics was therefore reduced for the last two months of the vear when the ('entral Clinic was open for treatment between h-O a.m, and 10-0 a.in. each day with a doctor in attendance on iMonday and Friday only. At Priory Clinic a nurse only was in attendance on Monday. Wednesday and Friday at the same time. During 1902 a total of 2,cS77 ])U])ils were treated. vSehooi Absences At the reipu^st of the Chief Fdiication Olheer ap{K)intnients or home visits were made in eases of |)roionged absence from school. In this respect 47 children were seen during the year. In almost every ease thc^’e wars eonsidtation with the general practitioner. Of the 47 ])upils examined 08 \vere found to be ]:>hvsieally fit at the time of medical examination and returned to school immediately. Five were founel to be of subnormal nutrition and debilitated and were recom- mended for a term at Malvern 0|)en Air School. Until such vacancies occurred at the Open Air School they returned to their ordinary school and were ke|)t under oliservation. Two were referred to the Far, Nose and Throat Consultant and were subse({uently {)laeed on the waiting list lor ojperatip e treatment for the removal of tonsiis. One child with curvature of the s})ine was referred back to the specialist and afterw^ards rtdurned to school. In the remaining case a recommendation was made as to change of school to meet the need arising Irom family circumstances. Foot Clinic In conncx’tion with the re))orted increase in the incidence of foot inlections at twx) schools in the Borough, the Senior Assistant Medical Officer investigated the (*ause and held s{:>eciai (ainies at the schools concerned with the following results:- 590 children seen 87 found to have infections: \TaTucas referred for treatment at the Guest lIos|)ital 7 Verrucas —treated at C4ini(* .. . .. . . .... 14 Mycotic InfcctioiiS treated at Ctinie . .... .... 16](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29171271_0050.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
