[Report 1925] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council.

  • Essex (England). County Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (4'' Orthopa;clic cases. Earlier admission to hospital for actual treatment is j needed. ' (5) The Care Committee is showing steadily increasing interest in the ] welfare of the children and assisting financially in the provision of ^ dental treatment, ilfec.. for necessitous children. * » Dr. \V. B. Wood (Orsett)— (1) Inspection and Minor Ailment Clinics are appreciated by the parents and well attended. (2) The regular weekly Eye Clinic, where, in addition to refractions, an | observation is kept on those suffering from myopia, is also well attended. (3) Dental treatment. Little progress has been made in conservative treatment. A plea is made for the services of a full-time Dental Surgeon and the education of parents in the great importance of the care of the teeth. (^) Tonsils and adenoids. Under the new scheme operations for these conditions are being carried out, and parents, as a general rule, are ^ eager to avail themselves of the treatment provided. It is hoped that the minimum charge to parents may be reduced in order that the necessitous may not suffer. (5) In Tilbury facilities for treatment have increased, both under the ' private practitioner and the local hospital. ' 6. Infectious Diseases. These have again been prevalent during the year. Influenza and wliooping cough were particularly prevalent in the first quarter of the year, and measles, chickenpox and mumps have also contributed largely to exclusions from school throughout the year. School closure was resorted to by the Local Sanitary Authoiity in the case of 57 schools under Article 57. The summary of the closures is as follows :— No. of Schools Disease. closed. Influenza... ... .. ... 36 Measles ... ... ... - . 10 Whooping Cough ... ... ... 4 Scarlet Fever ... ... ... 3 Chickenpox ... ... ... 3 Mumps ... ... ... .. 1 57