[Report 1949] / School Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council.

  • Breconshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / School Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EAR EXAMINATIONS—('Continued). seen apparently classified into 4 clear cut categories, i.e., either as a brilliant clearly defined thin streak, or as a brilliant dot, or as a broad far less shining roughly shaped cone or just not visible in any way at all. There would not appear, so far as one can judge by ordinary speech testing, to be any difference in hearing power with any of the above and in only 55 % of cases is the same category of cone as already mentioned visible in both ears In 34 % no cone is visible in either ear and the perfect streak only found m both ears in 11% of cases. The true text book cone is an extreme rarity. Evidence of middle ear disease as manifest in 3.4% of cases of a random sample of 800 boys. ORTHOPAEDIC. Orthopaedic Clinics throughout the County were held at regular intervals by the Orthopaedic Sister, Miss I. Leefe. Urgent cases were sent to see Mr A 0 Parker tfit. p*d.c Surgeon at the Prince of Wales Hospital Cardtff Mr' b“low:J ldK the County ™ three oocasions-see Table Table of cases seen by the Orthopaedic Surgeon Centre. Date of Examination. 1. Number of Children called up for examination 2. Number of Children present and examined Number found not to re- quire Treatment Number found to require Domiciliary or Clinic Treat- ment 5. Number found to require Hospital Treatment 6. For X’Ray 3. 4. Brecon 17/6/49 Ystrad- gynlais 15/7/49 Bryn- mawr 30/9/49 53 37 30 51 36 26 4 1 5 42 29 19 5 4 1 2 1 Total 120 113 10 90 10 3 orthopaedic scheme for school children. and, ^g^onSX1 dStf ft \Wabat «f J— about minor defects. There seem to be1°arg°er nuXrft ftS