[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MINOR AILMENTS TREATED (excliicliiig Uuclcanliness shown in Table vS.6). No. of Defects Treated or under .Skin : treatment during Ringworm—Scalp ; the j^ear. (1) X-ray treatment ... ... ... ... (2) Other treatment Ringworm—Body 1 Scabies Im[)etigo 34 Other skin diseases 139 Eyk Dise.vse 75 23 (External and other, but excluding errors, refractions, squint and cases admitted to hospital). E.\r Defects (iicatment for .serious disease of the ear is not recorded here). Miscellaneous 829 Total ... 1,101 (b) Total number of attendances at Authority’s minor ailments clinic ... 2,658 table S.4. TREATMENT OF DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT. (Excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments). Errors of Refraction and Squint dealt with .. loH Otlicr Defects or Disea.ses of the E.ve . . 15 No. of cliildren for whom s])ectacles were pre.scribed ... Ill TABLE S.5. TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT Defects which received operative treatment (tlirough Education Committee arrangements) Defects wliich recei^•ed other forms of treatment TABLE S.6. (I) A\crage numlier of visits per school made during 1955 by .School Nur.ses (4) Home visits made as School Nur.ses {•») No. of Individual Children found with nits ... ( No. of Individual Children cleansed under .Section 54 of Education Act, 1944 (o) No. of cases in which legal proceedings were taken 139 39