[Report 1952] / School Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council.

  • Denbighshire (Wales). County Council. no2004062613.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / School Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    where a child is classified in this category, it is usual to arrange for the School Nurse/Health Visitor to follow up and investigate the home conditions. During the year, 20 cases were discovered of enlarged Cervical glands where the enlargement was sufficiently great to warrant referral to specialists. The number of cases of lung defects requiring referral to s])ecialists was 25, and the number requiring to be kept under observation 290. Both these figures showed a marked rise on the figures' of 5 and 185 for the preceding year. hfifty-nine cases of Hernia were diagnosed, as com]>ared with six in 1951. These cases were referred t(j the Hospital Surgical Out-patients’ Department for a further opinion and O])eration. should it be necessary. Minor Aillments. Certain treatment of children found to be suffering from minor defects is undertaken at School Clinics. The number of permanent School Clinics is ten, but there are 21 occasional Clinics held for school-children, these Clinics being usually held at Child Welfare Centres in the County. Following the National Health Service .Act, at first, it appeared that the need for School Clinics had ceased, and that children would, in future, attend their family doctor. However, exjierience has shown otherwise, and a demand for this service j)ersists. These Clinics, although held during school time, are ap])reciated by teachers and pupils, for emergency treatment is conveniently ava.dable, minor complaints can receive regular attention, a niedical oj)inion can easily be obtained, and, finally, all children being treated at Minor .Ailments Clinics are within the educational provisions of the .Authority, and therefore are not considered as being absent from school. If i)rolonged or intricate treatment is needed, the child is invariably instructed to consult his own general practitioner, but lesser injuries, the usual concomitants of a boisterous youth, are customarily treated to the satisfaction of every- one at the Minor Ailments Clinic.