[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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![Below are set out particulars relating to treatmenc provided fcr secondary school children at the Bye Clinic during the year. - children attended tor treatment of defects at any oth^^r clini'-. Treatment at the Eye Clinic.—92 children were submitted to refraction at the Bye Clinic. Of these, 6d (of whoni 4G attended for renewal or alteration of glasses previously obtained through the clinie were found to have visual defects, spectacles being p.resr-ribed for all of them. 57 children received spectacles during the year. The following is a summary of the visual defects of ntic cases for whom spectacles were prescribed; First Eye Second Eye Hypermetropia Hyperintropia 2 Myopia Myojjia s Myopia Eiiiinetiopia Hypermetropia Ilypeinietiopic astigiiiatisui ... 1 Mixed astigmatism Mixed astigmatism 1 Emmetropia llypermetiopir- astigmatism... i is The high incidence of myopia is to be noted. (C) Dental Treatment Dental inspection is not carried out in secondary schools; but dental treatment is provided for those children who have been inspected and treated while in attendance at elementary’ schools. 181 of such children received dental treatment during the year, making 225 attendances at the clinic. BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN Children defective within the meaning of Part V of the Education Act are ascertained as a result of routine and s])ecial inspections in schools and reference for examination by School Attendance Officers. Health Nurses, voluntary bodies, etc. Such cluldrcn are certified on the appropriate forms prescribed by the Board of Education and notification sent to the Director of Education. Blind children.— (1) Tofallij blind vhildnn.—At the end of 1985 there were 6 totally blind cliildren of school age on the register. (There were no additions or removals during the yeai’.) All these children were in attendance at certitied schools for the blind. (2) Partially su/hted children.—At the beginning of 1985 there were 44 partially sighted children of school age on the register. ]>uring the year the names of 6 children wei’e taken off (5 on account of reaching the age of 16 years and 1 on account of leaving Birkenhead) and 5 new cases were added. Of these children 8 boys and 7 girls were attending ordinary schools, and 7 boys and 2 girls were not in attend- ance at any school (6 boys and 2 girls on leave of absence from the myope class, 1 boy feeble-minded). 11 boys and 18 girls were in](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927291_0111.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
