[Report 1926] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.
- Cumberland County Council
- Date:
- 1926
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1926] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Goitre.—Only one case of enlarged thyroid was observed, and this was only slightly enlarged. l\Iost of the new pu])ils are young for this to show itself. Skin.—No contagious skin lesion was found. There were two cases of ichthyosis, and one of acne. Miscellaneous.—There were two cases of stammering, and one pupil had had an operation for removal of appendi.x, and another for cure of double hernia. Re-examinations.—Out of 182 re-examinations no less than 97 can be passed as normal, not counting, as in the first examination, those with Dental trouble. This is the highest percentage of normal cases I have ever been able to report, and is very satisfactory. To my mind this corrobo¬ rates my remarks, already stated, re improvement in ph3'sique through systematic drill, etc. Teeth.—98 out of 182 examinations show defective teeth. This seems an enormous number, but I am sure it is an absolute minimum. 53 of these cases have had their teeth wholly or partly attended to as a result of their attention having been drawn to the necessity for treatment. Of the remaining 45 only 10 or 12 have had previous notice, and not paid any attention to it. Six cases of Pyorrhea ha\'c been specially' noticed. Tonsils.—There were 51 cases of enlarged tonsils. Of these 27 have been marked as only slight, and probably, therefore, do not need surgical treatment. Their progress will be noted in future examinations. Fourteen of the cases give no history whatever of having sore throats, or being subject to colds, i.e., do not give symptoms to suggest the necessity of having them removed, and onlj^ four give a definite history of having the above-named suggestix'c symptoms. Seven have actually had their tonsils removed, and three previously reported enlarged are now normal.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29132368_0096.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
