[Report 1950] / School Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council.

  • West Sussex (England). County Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / School Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TREATMENT OF PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. Treatment provided by the Authority includes all defects treated or under treatment during the year by the Authority’s own staff, however brought to the Authority’s notice, i.e. whether by periodic inspection, special inspection, or otherwise, during the year in question or previously. Treatment provided otherwise than by the Authority includes all treatment known by the Authority to have been so provided, including treatment undertaken in school clinics by the Regional Hospital Board. Group 1. Diseases of the Skin (excluding uncleanliness for which see Table III). Number of Cases Treated or under Treatment during the year By the Authority Otherwise Ringworm: (1) Scalp — (2) Body. 16 -— Scabies 17 Impetigo 52 3 Other Skin Diseases 400 11 Total 485 14 Group 2. Eye Diseases, Defective Vision and Squint. . Number of Cases Dealt With By the Authority Otherwise Kxternal and other, excluding error's of refraction and squint , 297 •— Errors of refraction (including squint) 743 1561 Total 1040 1561 Number of pupils for whom spectacles were: (a) Prescribed 500 932 (b) Obtained . . 379 769 20 i