[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.
- Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1930
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Chorea is the most difficult type we have to deal with, lest, nourishment, fresh air are essentials in the treatment, the rognosis, as in heart disease, depending entirely on environ- lental conditions. If more institutional treatment were readily vailable much more could be accomplished, but under the resent economic conditions it appears almost impossible for the ‘arents of some of these children to offer all that is necessary to asten their recovery. Some of our cases have been sent to the >pen Air School, and good results have been observed, but in thers the strain even of a modified school curriculum has proved ■DO much and the child had to be withdrawn. Warm dry clothing and footgear is most essential for these hildren, and it is gratifying to note that efforts are being made in he schools to improve the cloakroom accommodation, and lore facilities are being offered for the drying of the children’s /et outdoor clothing. RICKETS. Of the 3,678 routine ins})ections only seven cases of rickets rere severe enough to warrant reference for treatment. Fifty ases, however, of old rickety deformity were ke]:)t under observ'a- ion. These are usually referred to our Open Air School, where he generous anti-rachitic diet and hygienic life in about six Qonths produce surprising results in every instance. Includino- Ipecial Schools we have a total of 33 boys and 30 girls sufferiiif^ rom rickets in some form. The Nursery Classes are serving a very useful purpose in iringing rickets under treatment at the earliest opportunity lefore deformities have become established. MALNUTRITION. This year 36 children were found to be suffering from mal- lutrition requiring treatment. The Medical Ollieers have been itruck by the large number of children who were found onexamina- :ion to be of subnormal nutrition, due to either im])roper feedino* ir to poor environmental conditions. They hope, with the introduction of the Milk Scheme into the schools and the installa- don of Artificial Sunlight at the Clinic, to be able to bring about](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29149125_0129.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
