Volume 1
Fit for the future : report of the Committee on Child Health Services / chairman, S.D.M. Court.
- Great Britain. Committee on Child Health Services
- Date:
- 1976
Licence: Open Government Licence
Credit: Fit for the future : report of the Committee on Child Health Services / chairman, S.D.M. Court. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![TABLE 2 Survey of the Work of Medical Officers in the Community Child Health Clinics of Newcastle upon Tyne during a Two-week Period in March 1973: Reasons Given by 343 Mothers for Consulting Clinic Doctor No of Children ae Reasons Given for Consulting Age Group (months) of all the Clinic Doctor | -—————| 343 0-3 4-12 13-24 24+ Children Birthday check — 23 31 28 4i* For a health check 70 11 — — 24 Skin problem 21 18 i 6 15 Immunisationt 1 13 19 2 13 Respiratory infection 11 16 5 5 il Feeding problem 16 12 3 1 9 Vomiting and/or diarrhoea 9 5 6 6 8 Eye problem 3 4 4 1 4 Orthopaedic problem 1 1 5 4 3 Behaviour problem — 2 ze 7 3 Developmental problem —— 3 2 1 2 Social problem — 4 — 3 p Maternal problem (eg anxiety, depression) 5 1 — —_— Z Speech problem — — — — 1 Miscellaneous 19 i] 8 14 * Percentage of 200 children aged over 6 months. + These children had not been immunised at the regular monthly sessions. Note. More than one reason was often given. Taken from: Steiner, H (1975). Paediatrics in hospital and community in Newcastle upon Tyne. In: Bridging in Health,ed: Brimblecombe, F S W et al. Oxford University Press for Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust. TABLE 3 Fresh Defects Found at School Entry Examination in a Sample Study of 1,255 Children Born in Newcastle upon Tyne During 1960 Referred Clinically Type of disorder Total significant Nose, throat and otitis media 174 44,30 Vision and squint ; 56 92.86 Orthopaedic 79 51.90 = eT ees 38 Speech ‘ Eanes 44 2 27.27 Chests 37 2 35.14 Hearing 31 1 80.65 Undescended testis 33 1 72.73 Behaviour 23 0 21.74 Heart murmur 16 5 50.0 Fits and epilepsy A | 1 14,29 Others 70 2 35.71 Total 674 58 50.29 Taken from: Lowden, G M, and Walker, J H (1975). The School Health Service and the School Doctor. In: Bridging in Health, ed: Brimblecombe, F S W et al. Oxford University Press for Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust. Tables reproduced by permission of the Oxford University Press.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32220261_0001_0429.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
