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Statistical Report 1935-1936 - Department of Education and Skills

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PrincipalDefectsNose <strong>and</strong> Throat ..Enlarged Cervical Gl<strong>and</strong>sHeart DiseasesLung DiseasesRheumatism38TREATMENT SCHEME.Disease or DefectMinor AilmentsDental DefectsEye Defects ..Tonsils <strong>and</strong> AdenoidsCountyNo.<strong>of</strong> Children81735645927047No.%20.09-8.76;11.29·6.641.16,<strong>of</strong> Children:" 1,992975624112Cork.-The records <strong>of</strong> work for the year <strong>1936</strong> include:-Northern Southern WesternArea Area Area(a) Routine Medical Examination<strong>of</strong> children at schools . . 5,955(b) Total number <strong>of</strong> visits to schoolsby Medical Officers for purposes3,826 3,668<strong>of</strong> inspection . . . .(c) No. <strong>of</strong> individual children found150 108 126.to be suffering from defects, includingdental defects <strong>and</strong> uncleanliness,which requiredtreatment or to be kept underobservation . . " 2,172(d) No. <strong>of</strong> individual children found2,219 1,846~to be suffering from more thanone defect(e) Total No. <strong>of</strong> defects discovered711 696 69Trequiring treatment . . 1,379(f) Total No. <strong>of</strong> defects discovered2,487 2,452.requiring to be kept underobservation . . . . 1,626(g) No. <strong>of</strong> children examined by537 366.School Nurses for cleanliness.. 10,095(h) No. <strong>of</strong> home visits <strong>and</strong> visitsto schools by nurses for thepurpose <strong>of</strong> investigating illness<strong>of</strong>" following-up" cases referredfor treatment1,58315,649 115,875,1,478 618'39(i) No. <strong>of</strong> visits by the part-timeJubilee Nurses in regard to"Following-up," etc. · . 161 456 410(j) No. <strong>of</strong> examinations by Refrac- -tion <strong>of</strong> cases <strong>of</strong> defective vision A 295 428 287No. <strong>of</strong> pairs <strong>of</strong> spectacles Bprovided . . ·. ·.. 279 402 271(k) No. <strong>of</strong> operations at Hospitals <strong>of</strong>lfcases <strong>of</strong> diseased Tonsils <strong>and</strong>rlAdenoids .. ·. ·~. 129 145 63No. dealt with by PrivatesPracti tioners · . ... 24 23 29County Donegal.-I38 schools vwere visited during the year <strong>1936</strong><strong>and</strong> 4,849 children medically exarrmined. The principal defects foundwere as follows ;-Carious TeethDiseased Tonsils <strong>and</strong> Adenoi-idsDefective VisionSuspected Pulmonary TuberoculosisUncIeanIiness2,2281,7891,3741841,478Treatment was carried out as follIlows ;-Operations for removal <strong>of</strong> enlarged or diseasedTonsils <strong>and</strong> Adenoids . . .. . . 268Children treated at School Deental Clinics. . . . 1,005Children for whom glasses were p:orescribed at School EyeClinics .,. . . . .. 9Children treated at Eye <strong>and</strong> Ear ffiospital, DeITY . . 34Children who had glasses presccribed at Eye <strong>and</strong> EarHospital, Derry .. . . . . . . 30County Dublin.~,146 childrcen Were medically examined duringthe year. The following is a surrnmary <strong>of</strong> the defects found ;-DefectMalnutritionUncleanlinessSkin DiseasesEye DefectsEar DefectsNose <strong>and</strong> Throat DiseasessGl<strong>and</strong>sDefective SpeechDental DefectsHeart DiseasesNo.<strong>of</strong> Children7961,28912974040719673852,851586

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