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TABLE L
Miscellaneous cases
Diagnosis
Total
Treatment
Result
Cured
No change
Wax in the Ear
15
Removed
15
-
Furuncle
2
Antiseptic
2
-
Epistaxis
2
Gauteri sed
2
-
Deafness, Speech etc.
(nerve lesions)
5
Physica1
Electrical.
2
3
Totals
24
21
3
(g) Dental Defects-Treatment of Secondary and Technical PupilsThe
work done for the Essex County Council is shown below and is not
included in Table IT at the end of the report.
INSPECTIONS
11
Yrs
12
Yrs
13
Yrs
14
Yrs
15
Yrs
16
Yrs
Total
No.offered
treatment.
% Requiring
treatment.
102
109
126
73
28
2
440
357
81.2
TREATMENT
No. of
Children
Attend
ances.
Extractions
Anaesthetics
Fillings
Perm:
Teeth
Other Operations
.
Ferm.Teeth
Temp.
Teeth
Perm.
Teeth
Local
General
94
208
-
61
-
53
165
78
(h) Orthopaedic and Postural Defects. Details of the work done under
the scheme are given in the section dealing with Defective Children.
(i) Heart Disease and Rheumatism. Dr. Sheldon contributes the
following report on the work of the Rheumatism Clinic during 1940:-
RHEUMATISM CLINIC 1940
Number of sessions 25
" " attendances 306
" " new cases 59
" old cases 247
" discharged 52
" still under treatment 71
" of new cases with rheumatic or cardiac defect 20
" Referred to Hospital as In-patient 1
Out-patient 1
" " for tonsils and adenoids operation 8
" " " dental treatment 3
" " to Physically Defectice Centre 2
" excluded from school
" " half time school 2
" " from games and exercises 5
" to begin games and exercises 3
" seen after scarlet fever 2
" " " diphtheria 6
" with cardiac defect after scarlet fever
" " " " " diphtheria 1
" referred for convalescent home treatment 5
" sent away 5
(j) Tuberculosis. The number of school children examined during the
year was - boys 18 and girls 19, of which 2 boys and 5 girls were
referred by the school medical staff. 16 of the cases were sent
by private practitioners, and 14 were examined as contacts.
At the end of the year the live register of notified cases of
school age was-Pulmonary 34, Non-pulmonary 53.
16.