[Report 1961] / School Medical Officer of Health, Wigan County Borough.

  • Wigan (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / School Medical Officer of Health, Wigan County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The numbers of children inspected and found to require (excluding uncleanliness and Dental Diseases) were as follows treatment Year of Birth Number Inspected Found to require treatment Percentage 1957 and later 234 23 9.83 1956 . 541 95 17.56 1955 . 293 53 18.10 1954 . 49 8 16.33 1953 . 12 2 16.66 1952 . 14 1 7.14 1951 392 52 13,30 1950 . 481 89 18.50 1949 33 5 15.15 1948 298 38 12.75 1947 . 547 78 14.26 1946 and earlier . 251 27 10.75 Total . 3145 471 14.98 The general condition of the children continues to improve. Better standards of living continue to be a very important factor here. A small number of children have been recommended to have free meals when, their general physical condition seemed to warrant this and family finances are inadequate to support the modest charge. The condition of the pupils has been assessed in two broad categories— Satisfactory. Unsatisfactory. It will be seen from Table II (page 26) that in all age groups the percentage in the two categories is as follows :— Satisfactory : 99.62 per cent. Unsatisfactory : 0.38 per cent. Ear, Nose and Throat Defects Ear Diseases and Defective Hearing.—At routine medical inspection 40 children were found to have discharging ears and 30 children to be suffering from other ear trouble. No attempt has been mad^ to use Mass Audiometer Testing, but individual children are tested by pure tone audiometry. The department is indebted to Mr. R. C. Davenport who attends voluntarily to carry out this work.