[Report 1931] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.
- Cumberland County Council
- Date:
- 1931
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1931] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Ordinary cases of dental caries—of which there are very large numbers—are not included in the figures relating to medical inspection. The figures given under the headings (a) to (i) comprise the defects found both at school medical inspection and at the school clinics. The following table giving a summary of defects requiring treatment, noted both at the school inspections and at school clinics during the year, gives a better idea of the scope of the work undertaken ; — Referred for Referred for treatment from treatment from Medical Inspection. School Clinics. 18 ... -24 74 ... 31 120 ... 139 Malnutrition Uncleanliness ... External Eye Diseases... Defective Vision and Squint Tonsils and Adenoids ... Ear Disease and Hearing- Heart Disease & Anaemia Tuberculosis (rulmonary) Definite Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) Suspected ... Tuberculosis (Non- Pulmonary) Lung Diseases (Non- Tubercular) Xervous Diseases Skin Diseases Dther Diseases and Defects 642 138 894 216 105 145 54 54 17 21 13 43 17 32 145 169 4 35 105 773 230 1206 2438 3026 Crippling and dental defects are included in their own sections in this report. VI.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 123 schools or departments, as against tliiriv-one in the pi'cvious yeai’, were closed for tlie following conditions: — Influenza ... ,30 Chicken})Ox ... 4 INfeasles ... fiO IMumjis ... 2 \Vhoo])ing Cough 8 (lerman !\reasles 1](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29132411_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
