[Report 1936] / School Medical Officer of Health, Harrogate Borough.

  • Harrogate (England). Borough Council. nb2014025795.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / School Medical Officer of Health, Harrogate Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Senior School Nurse attends at this clinic each morn- ing for the purpose of treating children suffering from minor ailments, skin diseases, etc. There were 1,839 attendances at this clinic during the year. A School Nurse attends at Starbeck School weekly or more frequently if necessary for the treatment of children attending this school who are suffering from minor ailments, etc. During the year it was attended by 80 children. (b) External Eye Diseases and Defective Vision. Minor eye diseases, e.g., conjunctivitis, blepharitis, etc., are treated at the school clinic; more serious conditions are as a rule referred to the General Hospital, and during the year four cases were referred to that institution. Defective vision is treated at the school clinic, at which Dr. W. J. Forbes attends on one session weekly during the school term. During the year it was attended by 223 children, of whom 93 were new cases. The errors of refraction found in new cases were Hypermetropia 28 Myopia 14 Hypermetropic Astigmatism 20 Myopic Astigmatism 11 Mixed Astigmatism 13 No apparent defect, or treatment post- poned 7 93 In 45 cases no spectacles were prescribed, either because none were necessary or because the children were already wearing suitable glasses. Spectacles were prescribed in 178 cases, and of these 173 had been obtained at the end of the year (76 under the Authority’s scheme and 97 otherwise). In 14 instances spectacles were provided at the cost of the Authority.