[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough.

  • Llanelli (Wales). Borough Council.
Date:
1930
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Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Rickets—15 children—8 boys and 7 girls—showed some signs of deformity resulting from this disease. Special Examinations.—The chief conditions discovered were :— Skm diseases, 52 ; eye diseases, 49 ; defective vision and squint, 7 ; oiganic heait disease, 64 ; anaemia, 312 ; pulmonary tuberculosis, 1 ; chorea, 16. J Vaccination. Vaccination. Boys. Girls. Total. Per cent. Vaccinated 698 687 1385 72.00 Not Vaccinated 250 276 526 28.00 Previous History of Infectious Diseases. Measles. Whooping Cough Chicken Pox. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria No. °/o No. °/0 No. °/o No. °/o No. °/o Boys 646 68.1 410 46.4 274 28.8 48 5.0 50 5.2 Girls 650 67.4 493 51.1 307 31.8 55 5.7 55 5.7 Total 1296 67.8 933 48.8 581 30.4 103 5.3 105 5.4 TREATMENT OF DEFECTS FOUND AT MEDICAL INSPECTION. School Clinic.—The average daily attendance was 50. The attendance ranged between 30 and 60 on the days when the schools were open. During all holidays the clinic is open for treatment. When the condition of a child is such that general treatment is indicated, remedies such as Parrish’s Food, Ccd Liver Oil and Malt Extract, or Ostelin are provided. In necessitous cases no charge is made, but the free issue of these preparations is comparatively infrequent.