[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1938
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![llcallli (ff school rhildnii 13 treatiuerit during the past year, 28 (or 4.2% j required hospital treat- merit and were axlrnitted to the J3irkenhead Municipal Hospital and the Children’s Hospital, Leasowe. Of this number, 7, or 2d%, were children under school age. The cases comprise : stay in HoEpital Cases Days Hickets, JiowJegs, Kijock-knee G irs3 CorigeiiitaJ deformities 9 794 Acquired rleformity 4 lu-2 Irifautile paralysis 4 47u Spastic- paralysis 2 273 Non-'I'lj. Arthritis 3 227 The total number of days in hospital was 2,840. Of this number 72.7% was in resjiect of children of school age, equivalent to 7.8 beds occupied tliroughout the year. 6. Birkenhead Orthopadie Hospital.—At this institution chil- dren suffering from ortlio]>a^dic defects of tuberculous origin are treated. Many are cases who have jiassed through a course of treatment at Leasowe Hospital, or are awaiting admission to that institution. 7. Treatment Inj Ultra-Violet Baps.—Treatment of rickets and other deforming conditions is })rovided. Fuller details of the work carried out at the Clinics and by the Invalid Children’s Association are given below. GROUP V.—TREATMENT RY ULTRA-\'IOEET RAYS. At the North Health Clinic a total of 70 made 1,745 attendances during the year : imi roved Uehility 21 Tuhei-ciilosis 5 .Anaemia 7 Eczema 1 Asthma 2 Bronchitis 1 Otliei' conditions 8 children Not Improved 11 (i G of school age still und. r treatment at end of vear 6' 8 3 1 12 45 32 At tlie Soutli Ilealtli Clinic a total of 100 child ren made 1,710 attendances during the year : Not Imj>roved Improved Debility 15 12 Tuboi-culosis 5 1 Bronchitis 12 10 Anaemia 1 — Urticaria 1 1 Other conditions 23 19 of school age still under treatment at end of year 1 5 10 57 43 23 At the Invalid Children’s Association premises, 41 children of school age made 525 attendances during the year : still under Not treatment at Improved Unproved end of year Rickets _ _ _ Debility 27 10 15 1'ubei‘cnlosis 4 — 1 31 10 10 In addition, 746 attendances were made by children below and above school age.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927321_0111.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
