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Disinfection of school premises and articles likely to convey infection was
carried out.
Ringworm:-
No. of
cases at
beginning
of 1945.
No. of
cases
reported
during
1945.
Total.
Remedied
during
1945.
No. of
cases under
observation
at end of
1945.
Ringworm:—
Scalp
—
3
3
3
—
Body
—
5
5
5
—
-
8
8
8
-
Following Up.—During 1945, 3,838 home visits by the School Nurseswere
paid for the purpose, and 2,192 re-examinations of children (some on
several occasions) were carried out by the doctors at school; 36 visits to
schools were made for this purpose alone, and other children were seen at
the visits for routine medical inspection.
Medical Treatment.
(a) Minor Ailments Clinics.—-The attendances during 1945 were as
follows:—
Newbury Hall Mayesbrook
Number of individual children seen 1,387 1,870
Number of attendances of children 1,768 2,298
Number of exclusion certificates granted 351 671
Number of certificates of fitness to attend
school granted 292 499
The following table shows the conditions dealt with at both the Clinicsduring
the year:—
Subnormal Nutrition 430
Debility 47
Uncleanliness:—
Head 267
Body 1
Skin:—
Ringworm:—
Head 3
Body 5
Scabies 104
Impetigo 155
Other Diseases (Non-Tuberculous) 336
Eye:—
Blepharitis 16
Conjunctivitis 26
Keratitis 1
Defective Vision (excluding Squint) 234
Squint 8
Other conditions 110
Ear:—
Defective Hearing 40
Otitis Media 38
Other Ear Diseases 31
Diphtheria.—Eighteen cases of diphtheria and/or diphtheria carriers
occurred in children between 8-9 years of age all attending South Park
School. They were admitted to the Borough Isolation Hospital. School
contacts were immediately followed up, and some 622 swabs were examined.