[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough.

  • Burnley (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table showing the Physical Condition of Children Examined at Routine and Special Inspection in Schools during 1938. Disease or Defect. Elementary Schools. Second- ary Pupils Total En- trants Inter- mediates Leavers Other Ages Specials Number of Children Examined 1065 1109 1049 56 117 989 4385 Defective Clothing and Footgear 5 7 1 - - - 13 Uncleanliness: Head 6 14 4 1 1 26 Body 2 4 3 — — — 9 Defective Teeth ... 25 15 48 — — 35 123 Skin : — Ringworm; Head — — — — — — Body — 1 — — 1 1 3 Scabies 4 2 3 1 — — 10 Impetigo 11 3 — — 3 — 17 Other Skin Diseases ... 55 30 41 2 26 16 170 Eye : — Blepharitis ... ..» 6 11 11 — — 2 30 Conjunctivitis 6 2 — — 3 — 11 Keratitis — — — — — Corneal Opacities 1 — 1 — — — 2 Defective Vision 52 137 129 4 27 149 498 Squint 27 7 5 1 3 5 48 Other Conditions 3 4 1 — 1 3 12 Ear : — Defective Hearing 12 18 8 1 — 1 40 Otitis Media ... 15 11 9 1 — — 36 Other Conditions 8 8 10 1 2 5 34 Nose and Throat: — Chronic Tonsilitis only 123 114 39 1 2 69 348 Adenoids only 5 7 2 — — — 14 Chronic Tonsilitis and Adenoids ... 57 14 2 — — 1 74 Other Conditions 56 48 18 2 2 7 133 Enlarged Cervical Glands 52 24 4 1 3 15 99 Defective Speech 31 27 21 1 7 2 89 Heart and Circulation: — Heart Disease: Organic 8 15 6 — 7 36 Functional ... 17 17 13 2 — 16 65 Anjcmia 43 24 25 2 1 27 122 Lungs:— Bronchitis 50 24 5 — 3 21 103 Others (Non-Tub.) ... 16 1 1 — — 4 22 Tuberculosis : — Pulmonary Definite ... — — — — — 1 1 Suspected — — — — — — — Non-Pulmonary: Glands 6 1 3 — — 2 12 Bones and Joints... — 2 1 — 1 4 Skin — — 1 — — 1 Other Forms 2 — — — — — 2 Nervous System: — Epilepsy: Minor — — — — — — — Major — ] — — — — 1 Chorea 2 3 2 2 1 1 11 Mentally Deficient — — — — — — Other Conditions 12 11 1 — — 1 25 Deformities : — 41 Rickets 30 10 1 — — — Spinal Curvature 3 4 2 1 — 2 12 Other Forms ... 36 42 31 2 — 28 139 Other Defects and Diseases 68 84 44 4 14 16 230 Totals ... 855 747 496 30 100 438 2666 No. of individual children having defects 630 570 417 23 96 344 2080