[Report 1937] / School Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough.

  • Burton upon Trent (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / School Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (f) Ear disease and defective hearing accounted for 69 of the defects found at medical inspections and the distribution under different headings is as follows :— Defective hearing ... ... ... ... 14 (6) Otitis Media... ... ... ... ... 19 (18) Other ear diseases ... ... ... ... 36 (31) The bracketed figures indicate the number of defects recom- mended for treatment, the remainder continuing under observation. Otitis Media remains an important factor in the production of permanent deafness, and we attach much importance to the early and vigorous treatment of such cases. The majority of cases respond rapidly to Zinc Ionisation treatment carried out at the School Clinic in those cases which are not complicated by other defects more deeply seated in the ear than Otitis Media. No child was found during the year so deaf as not to benefit from the ordinary school curriculum. (g) Dental defects. 6,555 children were examined by the School Dentist in the course of routine and special inspections. Of this total, 3,960 were found to require treatment. (h) Orthopaedic and Postural defects. Defects of this type found at medical inspections numbered 34, of which 18 required treatment, and the remainder observation. (i) Heart Disease and Rheumatism. Any child who has a history of rheumatism in any form, or of chorea, or is found to have a heart lesion with or without antecedent rheumatism or chorea, is closely supervised medically and it is probable that much permanent and crippling damage to hearts has been prevented by measures largely directed to restricting over-work of a damaged heart. It is difficult of course to make an apparently fit child understand the need for curbing a natural urge to dissipate energy,