[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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    I1ie number of refusals of treatment by parents was 4(Si or [4.9 per 1'liis number is not so bii^li as miglil ha\'(‘ biM'ii (‘xpei'iecl, as ('oimliO' peopk' are not ('nihusiaslK' repai'cli ip^' an unlried inno\-alion, and, P'eiKM'alh' sp(*ak'inp', the c'hildiX'n liaAa* a dread of \u’sitinp' a d(*mist. Mr. I larris lias eai'ri(*d oul his work' in a ver}' kindb' maiin(*r, and die (U'cdil for the good attendance* should be larg(‘l\- asc'rilx'd to his (*fforts. C'uieiM.iNi, I )i-:fkc'I's. SiK'h ('as('s as ('an be ri'inedied b\* appliances are* lollo\\(‘d up, and the [)ar(‘nts urged to g(*t what is m’(‘d(‘d. Xo ('hildi'(‘n ha\'(* Ixmui sect for ot)eration, and no surgical apphan('(*s sup[)hed b\' the Authorit\’. ixFi’a' iK )rs I)isK.\si-:s. All suppos(“d (','is(*s wliK'h ('onu' to the knowledge ol tlu‘ I Iea(.l d'ea('hers are* at oiK'e reported te) both the Se'hool Me'dical ()1T]C(*rand the* I)istri('t Me'di('al Officer. f*'()i'm S..\. It) is us(‘d for this purpose*. NUMBER OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE REPORTED BY HEAD TEACHERS DURING 1920. Disease. Actual Cases. Children excluded on account of actual cases. Measles 1379 578 Mumps 333 13 Whooping Cough 164 34 Diphtheria 118 99 Chicken Pox 118 • • • Skin Disease 93 7 Scarlet Fever 62 43 Ringworm 37 ... Influenza 17 . . . Sore Throat 7 • • . Typhoid 2 Total 2,330 774