[Report 1920] / School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The nbovc tal)l(‘ thr drtails of tin* ()})(M‘ations and th(‘ place's w Inna' p(‘rfonn(‘d. FIh' total cost to tlK* Aiitlioi'itv was /,'42 Ss. (jd., f^'ivin^' an averai^^e cost of ]f)S. 7d., whi('h is slipiitlv l<‘ss than last \'(^ar. All cases wlu'ia* appli('ations aia* made for assistance are iiKjuired into as lamards tlndr tinancial ciia'iimstanca's so that onlv laaa'ssitons cases aia* assist('d. dh’BKIU TLOSIS. ()nl\- on(‘ ('asc of (hhinite Ihdmonarv I'uherculosis was r(*port('d 1)\^ the i\l(Hli('al lnsp(*ctors diirino- the year, hut niiK^ cases waua* cawtitied as heino- suspected, and se\a‘n otluu's weia* put forward for la^-examination. lour i^irls waua* sent to \\htherns(ai Sanatorium for treatment. IhmdinLf tlu^ compUaion of the (diildren's block at the Ka\’W('ll Sanatorium lilth^ ('an be done for cases of dhilxua'le amongst S('hool ('hikham, as the Bramblewood Sanatorium, to whi('h ('as(\s hav(* piawiousb' been sent, now onh' admits adult pati(mts. C'hild contacts of ('ascas of notilual Pulmonaiw d'ubtua'ulosis are specialh’ (uxamiiual, and last year 28 bo\'s and 34 o-jids were ins])ected. « SkIX 1 list'ASICS. Ibuh'r this luaadinjy, wdiich includes, of course, rinp'worm of the luaad and body, 212 cases were found at the routiiu' medical inspections, and in addition, 951 were discovered b\' the School .\urses during- their p('riodi('al visits to the Schools. All these ('ases are kept unchar obseiwalion b\' tlu* Nurses until remedied, or the child leaviss the St'hool or Riding. d'he treatment of the cases of ringworm is verv unsatisfactory owin.g to the ('hronic nature of the com- plaint and lack^ of up-to-date fac'ilities for its treatment. ] luring the \'ear there were 294 cases found by the inspec'tors and NAirsf's as conpaared avith 132 in the previotis year. In tlu^ absenc'(‘ of X Ra^' treatment, and in order to a\a)id a prolonged exclusion fretm School on account of infection, an^' child suffering from the ('omplaint is ])ermitted to attend whilst under treatment, provided the infected part is ccavered.