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Edmonton 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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Other Defects or Deformities.
Seven children, six boys and one girl were "pigeon chested." Nocturnal
enuresis, "wetting the bed," was complained of in the case of 5 children, 1 boy
and four girls. This complaint, distressing alike to parents and children,
seems one of the most difficult to cure after the child has got to school age.
One child, a girl, had a cervical rib.
SCH00L CLINICS.
A scheme was agreed upon by the Education Committee in 1914 and sent
to the Board of Education. I disarmed the criticism of the Board in some of
the details of the scheme, and we believe that its formal approval by the Board
is now only withheld until the conclusion of the European war. There is no
scheme which can be applied universally, and any scheme to be successful
must be framed with the knowledge of the peculiar needs of the area concerned.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The number of children excluded at the routine inspection was 70, the the reason for exclusion being :—
| Mumps | 2 | Ringworm | 6 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | Impetigo | 2 |
| Chickenpox | 1 | Other Skin Diseases | 4 |
| Bronchial Catarrh | 1 | Eye Disease | 1 |
| Tubercular Spine | 1 | Other Diseases | 4 |
| Vermin | 47 |
The total number of exclusion certificates including the above issued for for contagious and other diseases during the year was 1,474 the reasons for exclusions being:—
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | Vermin | 370 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | Scabies | 61 |
| Whooping Cough | 9 | Impetigo | 83 |
| Mumps | 21 | Other Skin Diseases | 158 |
| Chickenpox | 5 | Eye Disease | 78 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 19 | Ear Disease | 9 |
| Tubercular Glands | 1 | Chorea | 8 |
| „ Knee | 1 | Epilepsy | 4 |
| ,, Ankle | 1 | Mentally Deficient | 3 |
| „ Spine | 1 | Other causes | 115 |
| Bronchial Catarrrh | 3 | – | |
| Ringworm | 521 | 1,474 |