[Report 1951] / School Medical Officer of Health, Lincoln.

  • Lincoln (England). City Council.
Date:
1951
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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1951] / School Medical Officer of Health, Lincoln. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Attendances at the various Clinics are summarised in the following table :— WORK OF SCHOOL CLINICS * Minor Ailment Clinics :— New 1951 1950 Cases Revisits Totals Totals Central Clinic 416 3132 3548 4530 St. Giles . . 189 4306 4195 4400 Skellingthorpe Road 717 5327 6044 5429 Sincil Boys 753 6255 7008 7543 ,, Girls 349 4904 5253 4712 Total 2424 23924 26348 26614 Medical Clinics 543 367 910 1187 Orthopaedic Clinics . . 95 638 733 1091 Dental Clinics 1276 2202 3478 1822 Totals 4338 27131 31469 30714 FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. GENERAL CONDITION. Classification of the general condition of pupils inspected in the 3 age groups during the last four years was as follows ;—- Class A. —(Good) 1951 24.8 1950 22.0 1949 28.8 1948 42.1 Class B. —(Fair) 9 O • 9 70.3 74.2 60.7 55.3 Class C. —(Poor) « , 4.9 3.8 4.5 2.6 INCIDENCE OF PEDICULOSIS AND SCABIES. (a) Pediculosis. During the last five years the percentage of primary school children found to be suffering from pediculosis, however slight, was :— 1947 _ 7.9% 1948 _ 5.8% 1949 .... 5.1% (6) Scabies. During the last 5 years the Scabies was ;— 1947 .... 1.5% 1948 .... 2.1% 1949 .... 0.76% 1950 _ 4.7% 1951 .... 4.7% percentage of children suffering from 1950 _ 0.83% 1951 _ 0.39%