[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough.

  • Burnley (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table III. Treatment Tables. Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table V) (a) Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. Skin— Ringworm—Scalp— (i) X-Ray treatment — (ii) Other treatment 4 Ringworm—Body .... 4 Scabies Impetigo 33 Other skin diseases 56 Eye Disease .... .... .... .... .... 81 (External and other, but excluding errors of refraction, squint and cases admitted to hospital). Ear Defects 63 (Treatment for serious diseases of the ear (e.g. operative treatment in hospital) are not recorded here). Miscellaneous .... .... .... .... .... 243 (e.g. minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.) Total 473 (b) Total number of attendances at Authority's minor ailments clinics 3234 Group II. Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Eye Disease treated as Minor Ailments—Group I). No. of defects dealt with Errors of Refraction (including squint). 681 Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) .... — Total 681 No. of Pupils for whom spectacles were (a) Prescribed.... .... .... .... 567 (b) Obtained .... .... .... .... 446 Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Received operative treatment— Total number treated (a) for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis .... .... 163 (b) for other nose and throat conditions .... 19 Received other forms of treatment.... .... — Total .... 182