[Report 1913] / School Health Service, Radnorshire County Council.
- Radnorshire (Wales). County Council. School Health Service.
- Date:
- 1913
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1913] / School Health Service, Radnorshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![' 1 In the matter of actual treatment the Education Committee has taken a most important step forward in establishing a Clinic for the treatment of children suffering from defective eyesight. An arrangement has been made under which Dr. Russ Wood, of The Eye Hospital, Shrewsbury, will examine and-prescribe-for all chil- dren recommended to him by the School Medical Officer. The Clinic will be established in the County Buildings and Dr. Russ Wood will attend as required several times during the year. The cost per child is estimated at 10s. including 2s. 6d. for the provision of spectacles where these are required. The following is a statement of the numbers of children for whom treatment of some kind was obtained, or was promised. The number of children for whom no treatment was obtained, and the number concerning whom no information was obtainable are also given. : ♦ Treated Treat- ment prom- ised , No 1 Treat- ment No Inform ation. Total Enlarged Tonsils 10 (). 11 27 Defective Teeth 10 » ♦ • G • • • IG Ears—Wax 1 ... 2 • • » 3 Ears—Otorrhoca 4 ’ ... 2 • • • G Deafness 1 1 9 » • • 11 External Eye Diseases 4 1 • • • .5 Squint 2 7 ■ • . • 9 Defective Vision 35 0 50 1 92 Skin Disease 8 1 , 3 12 Bronchitis . 1 • • • ... j 3 4 Goitre 1 • • • ] ... 2 Deformity of Hand 1 .... . ..< 1 77 14 90 7 188 Twenty-three of the 35 children who received treatment for defective vision were provided with spectacles. This is equal to a percentage of 25.0 of all the children having defective vision. Diphtheria. Bacteriological Examinations By arrangements made with the Clinical Research Association, Loiidon, eight swabs were examined bacteriologically. The swabs taken related to six children. In two cases the diphtheria organisms](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2887528x_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
