[Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1935
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![At the Invalid Children’s Association premises, 26 children of school age made 458 attendances during the year: Still under Not treatment at Improved Finproved end of year Rickets 8 — 4 Debility 11 5 Tuberculosis 2 — 1 Total 21 5 l;l In addition, 596 attendances were made liy children below and above school age. Treatment of ear, nose and throat defects.—Since February, 1065, the services of Mr. F. W. Leathart, m.b., m.k.c.s., the Consultant Aurist and Laryngologist on the staff of the ^Medical Clfic</r‘s Dep'art- ment, have been available for the diagnosis and treatnauit of defects of the ear, nose and throat occurring in children referred to him from the Minor Ailments Clinics. Air. Leathart emphasises that iu the majority of cases enlarged tonsils and adenoids respond favourably to medical treatment; it is comparatively rarely that removal by operation is necessary. The clinic is held on IMonday afternoons at the Birkenhead Municipal Hospital. No charge is made for examination. Drugs are supjjlied at cost ]n’ice, and a charge of 10s. 6d. (which may be reduced or remitted at the discretion of the Committee) is made for operative treatment of enlarged tonsils and adenoids. A total of 213 children was referred to i\lr. Leathart. 107 of these received treatment, which was satisfactorilv completed in the case of 26. Of this number 21 received operative treatment for enlarged tonsils and adenoids, 14 obtaining similar treatment during the month prior to Mr. Leathart’s api)ointnient. Treatment of uncleanliness.—The average number of visits paid during 1935 by the Health Nurses to eacli school in the Borough was 15.5; the total examinations numbering 69,604. The number of individual children found by the Health Nurses to require attention was 2,886, as conq)ared with 2,916 in 1934. In every case the parents were informed. In 17 cases of persistent neglect (1 of these cases was compulsorily cleansed), notices were served on the parents. The Nurses i)aid 73 visits to the homes of children (51 first visits, 22 re-visits). A large proportion of the children reported as “requiring atten- tion’’ was cases where only a few nits were present. The standard of cleanliness has improved greatly in recent years.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927291_0107.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
