[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1945
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![RETURN OF DEFECTS TREATED DURING THE YEAR (see note a) GROUP I—MINOR AILMENTS (excluding Uncleanliness, for which (see Page 50) Disease or defect (1) Number of defects treated treatment, during the Under the nSife S ! Otherwise (see note b) (2) i (3) . or under i year. Total (4) Skin - Ringworm — scalp— i (i.) X - Ea v treatm en t — — —i (ii.) Other treatment 2 — 2 Ringworm—body 3 Q O Scabies 1 lb — 16 1 mpetigo 78 — 78 Other skin diseases 211 i 212 .)/Lnor eye defects 284 — 284 (external and other, but excluding eases ] falling in Group II.; Minor ear defects 273 3 276 Minor nose and throat defects 144 2 146 Miscellaneous 1343 25 1368 (e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chil- blains, kc.) - ■ | — Total .. 2354 31 2385 The number of children who received treatment at the General School Clinic was 2,084. The total attendances numbered 10,251. During the past year the Health Visitors paid 712 visits to the homes of children with defects in connection with “ following up ”— 672 first visits, 40 re-visits. GROUP II.—SCABIES AND OTHER SKIN DISEASES (excluding defects treated at the Minor Ailments Clinics) Number of defects treated Disease or defect. at the Municipal Skin Clinic during the year. Scabies : (a) uncomplicated 257 (&.) complicated 231 Scabies contacts (found to be free from scabies) .... 115 Secondary dermatitis (following scabies) 17 Diseases of the scalp (due to lice and nits) 255 Other skin diseases 140 Total, 1015 The total attendances made at the Clinic during the vear numbered 3,203. An average of 1.72 treatments only were required to effect a cure for each case of uncomplicated scabies.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927394_0049.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
