[Report 1925] / School Medical Officer of Health, St Helens.
- St. Helens (Merseyside, England). Council.
- Date:
- 1925
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1925] / School Medical Officer of Health, St Helens. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![In the following table is given the number of meals served at the school feeding centres each year since 1920, together with the percentage of children referred from the routine age groups fpr treatment or for observation for malnutrition. Number of meals served at School Feeding Centres. % of chidren referred for treatment or for observation for mal¬ nutrition. 1920 . . 160,634 . . 1.5 1921 . . 1,537,576 . . 0.6 1922 . . 208,544 . . 1.3 1923 . . 187,353 . . 1.4 1924 . . 167,384 . . 2.8 1925 . . 228,862 . . 2.0 The chief defects for which it was found during 1925 that either treatment or further observation was necessary are shown in the following statement. It will be seen that compared with the previous year, there has been a decrease in the number of cases of malnutrition and tuberculosis, and of heart, throat and nose and eye defects, whilst a slight increase has occurred in ear diseases and in non-tubercular lung diseases. The gradual increase in the latter during the past four years is interesting in view of the housing conditions already referred to. Percentage of Children examined who were referred for treatment or for observation. 1 922 1 923 1924 1925 External Eye Diseases . ... 1 • 3% • 7% • 9% ■ 7% Defective Vision and Squint . ...1 1 . 1 % 9 . 1% 1 1 • 4% 1 1 . 1% Ear Disease or Defect . ... 1 • 0% 1 •0% •8% 1 •0% Throat and Nose Defects . ...13 • 1% 7 • 5% 12 • ]% 10 •6% Diseases of Heart and Circulation ... 5 •2% 3 • 5% 3 • 3% 2 • 7% Lung Disease (Non-Tubercular) ... ... 1 • 3% 1 • 9% 2 • 4% 3 •0% Tuberculosis .. • 7% • 7% 1 •0% • 7% Malnutrition. .... 1 • 3% 1 • 4% 2 •8% 2 o o](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30127026_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
