[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    each attendance and the time of arrival and departure, and when the child is to re-attend. The records of the Clinic are kept on a Card Index system. On each card are the particulars of the child, its defect, and whether attending- as result of school inspection or sent by teacher, doctor, or parent. On the card are also recorded the treatment and condition on discharg-e, with the date of each attendance, the time of arrival and departure, and the period of any exclusion. A child mav attend other clinics such as the Sunlisrht, Immunisation, Remedial Exercises Clinic, etc. The record of its attendances at all Clinics and the results o])tained are placed on a key card, which g'ives a complete clinical medical history of each school child. This system was completed in 1939. The Clinic Clerk is now in charge of the booking* while the Clinic is open, and a .monthly summary is made of all attendances in accordance with the above particulars. The number of children attending the Minor Ailments Clinic during the year 1940 is shown in the following table :— Number of children attending from 1039 94 ,, ,, discharged during 1940 912 (43, E*) ,, ,, still attending at end of 1940 129 (5, E*) ,, - fresli children who attended during 1940 ... 916 (47, E*) ,, attendances 3,692 (49, Iv') Clinic open days 299 Average attendance per child 3.66 .Average daily attendance 12.35 In addition to the above, 423 children attended on three or four successive davs for m\-driatic application before seeing the .School Oculist for j^urpose of refraction. This represents 1,480 attendances which are not included in the total attendances in the previous table. Comparative fig-ures for previous years arc as follows:— Number of fresh children who attended Clinic Number of attendances : •Av^erage attendance per child Average daily attendance Children attending for mydriatic application 1936. 1937. 1938. 1939. 831 1,015 1,178 856 6,680 5,374 5,269 3,623 7.48 5.1 4.2 3.9 22.5 18.3 18.3 13.1 422 381 456 478