[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.
- Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
- Date:
- 1957
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Cleanliness. Only 4G children were tlie subject of advice to parents on infestation or evidence of recent infestation. This form of ins])ection is carried out with circumspection. Skin. Fifty-seven cases of skin troubles requiring treatment were brought to light through medical or nurses’ inspections and 56 cases brought under observation. Thirty-two cases of impetigo and 208 cases of other skin troubles were treated at the Minor Ailments Clinic during the j^ear. Vision. The clinic arrangements at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital continue, with Mr. O’Neill the Consultant Ophthalmologist. The nurses carry out check tests in addition to those at periodic medical examinations. These have been started on school entrants as well as on 7-year and IB-year-olds. Found at Routine Medical Inspections : Number of children tested ... ... ... ... 1,095 Number found to be .suffering from Visual Defect 179 Number found to be suffering from Squint ... 12 Number found to be .suffering from Other Defects 16 Found at Special Inspection : Number of children found with Visual Defects... 178 Number of children found with Squint B Number of children found with Other Defects... 7 Visual Defects treated by Ophthalmic Surgeon {Vision, Squint, etc.) : Total cases of Visual Defect treated or under observation ... ... ... ... ... 195 Spectacles prescribed or already wearing glasses 146 Children with squint are given eye exercises at the Orthoptic Clinic as directed by the consultant. The numl>er of children wearing glasses or having them prescribed is 146. Seventv-two required spectacles for the first time. ]\Iale school leavers arc given a colour vision test. Defecfs of Nose and Throat. Such defects were identified in 1B2 pupils at periodic medical examinations and 74 special insiX!ctions. Sixteen of the former and 26 of the latter required some treatment. Fight cases were icfetied foi sjrecialist advice of whom 1 had operative treatment, - had othei tieatment and 5 are on the waiting list for operation.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2909155x_0048.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
