[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DISEASES OF THE CHEST AND DELICATE CHILDREN At roiitiue or special medical examiiiatious 15 children liave been recorded as needing treatment for diseases of the diest compared with '22 in the i)revious year. Following the Lisiial routine all were referred to their family doctors. UNCLEANLINESS In their cleanliness surveys the school nurses made liO^bod examinations. The nurses found 1,284 instances of uncleanliness, representing iincleanliness in 888 individual ichildren. The incidence of infestation was 2.di% of the school po])ulation as compared with 2.84% in 1952. therefore although the total number of infested (diildren is compara- dively small in the County there are no grounds for (complacency and continous supervision by the school medical ,staff is necessary to control this condition. The 1944 Education Act increased the legislation ditticulty in dealing with this type of case. No cleansing stations are established and the responsi- ibility rests with parents for carrying out advice as to remedial 'treatment and ])reventioii which is given Ivy tlie school nurses, who are su])plied with insecticidal hair creams for distribution (to parents as required. MINOR AILMENTS The statistical returns show that a. comparatively large numlver of children are attending these clinics. However, the .number of (diildren with diseases of the skin and septic jconditions has fallen considerably in the past decade and the T,ypc of cases attending these clinics has changed. Many Ichildren are sent to the school clinic by their head teacher lor brought Ivy jiarents for conditions whicdi cannot clinically >be detined as minor ailments. 1 feel that this tendency I should be encouraged as in this way early disease in school ichildren can often be detected and they can then be referred ;to their own doctor or hospital for further investigation. The total number of cases dealt with in the clinics and by the scdiool nurses during the years 1951 and 1952 is shown lin the following table, viz.: — Defects. 1951. 1952. Clinics. Nurses. Totals. Clinics. Nurses. Totals. Jigworm (head) ... 3 3 — igworni (body) ... 12 25 37 13 1 14 ibies 4 16 20 5 12 Ipetlgo 154 45 199 150 15 165 ]ier Skin Diseases. 480 190 670 551 21 572 nor Eye defects ... 467 213 680 316 77 393 nor Ear defects Ind Deafness 458 88 546 382 12 394 .nor Injuries, Iruises, etc. 3399 233 3632 3444 93 3537 Totals 4977 810 5787 4863 224 5087