[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1934
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![A considerable number of children is referred to the various clinics for examination, and any necessary treatment, by teachers, school attendance officers and such voluntary agencies as hospitals and the Invalid Children’s Association Yaccination.—In the ordinary inspections children were examined as to vaccination marks. Of tlie 4,701 children examined 1-US (30.8%) showed no marks. ■3(k^8 (43.1%) showed one mark. 350 ( 7.0%) showed two marks. 102 ( 2.2%) showed three marks. 707 (10.3%) showed four or more marks. The following figures show the percentage of children examined 3’ear by year during the last ten years who were found to have been vaccinated: Year Percentage 1925 77.1 1926 76.6 1927 78.6 1928 79.3 1929 77.9 1930 76.8 1931 76.1 1932 74.6 1933 73.1 1934 69.2 Height and weight.—^^]3elow is set out the average heights and weights (measured without footwear) of children comprising the groups examined during the course of routine inspections: 1 Group 1 ! Height Weigh Boys Girls 1 Boys Girls No. Ft. Ins. No. Ft. In.s. No. St. Lbs. No. St. Lbs. Entrants 1203 3 6-79 1132 3 6-51 1214 2 13-12 1129 2 13‘63 Intermediates .. 647 4 0-24 I 547 3 11-76 648 3 12-02 549 3 10-69 Leavers , 1 1 367 4 1 1 7-60 i 483 i 4 1 8-91 363 r, 5 04 467 5 8-33 Infectious diseases—Enquiry was made at each inspection as to the infectious diseases from which the children had suffered in the past. The information elicited is summarised in Table S 6. Particulars of all cases of the important infectious diseases are supplied to the School Attendance Superintendent, so that regulations with regard to quarantine, etc., may be enforced. In the event of several cases of diphtheria having occurred among ■ •hildren attending the same class, swabbing of the throats of the other children by the health nurses is carried out as a matter of routine, and bir.logical virulence tests are made.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2892728x_0107.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
