[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1930
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The number of children found at routine and special inspections during the period under review to be suffering from otitis media is as follows :— 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 ]51 149 ! 206 136 180 Treatment of ringworm of the scalp—The number of cases suffer- ing from this condition continued to decline during the period under review. Treatment by X-Eays had, a year or two after its initiation in 1922, reduced very materially the accumulation of cases suffering from this condition, and thereafter cases were able to be dealt with very soon after they were found. The shortness of time that elapsed between diagnosis and treatment curtailed greatly that opportunity of the infection of others with which older methods of treatment were associated. By 1929 the number of cases of ringworm was so few that the Committee made an alteration in their agreement with the Birkenhead and Wirral Children’s Hospital by which payment was made for the use of the hospital apparatus per occasion instead of per annum, the cases treated during the year being 16. This agree- ment ended on the 31st May, 1930', and arrangements have now been made for the work to be done at the Birkenhead Infirmary. A summary of the number of cases of ringworm of the scalp and of the treatment carried out is given below :— 1926 1927 1928 1929 Number of cases 111 83 67 26 Number of cases treated by X-Rays 36 50 36 16 *Number of cases treated by other methods 70 29 24 6 * A total of 6 of these received private tieatinent. Uncleanliness.—The number of examinations of children by the nurses in respect of uncleanliness has steadily risen from 40,433 in 1926 to 66,722 in 1930'. Although the number of children reported as requiring attention remains fairly constant, it must be borne in mind tliat the standard set in Birkenhead is exceptionally high, and that in most cases a notice served on the parents results in the necessary steps being taken at home. Dental inspection and treatment.—^The scheme of dental inspection and treatment has been greatly extended since 1925, with the result that considerably over half the number of children attending elementary schools in the Borough now come within the purview of the sclieme. In a little over three years the staff engaged in inspection and treatment has increased from one dental surgeon and one nurse to three surgeons and three nurses ; and the appointments in 1928 and 1930 respectively of two female clerks relieved the professional staff of a considerable amount of clerical and statistical work, the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927242_0040.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
