Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 421

adolescents. The following figures indicate the extent of the work performed by the Hadassah health stations. Admitted. Treated. Number of women (pregnant) ...... 3,886 6,063 Number of children ......... 4,527 7,899 Number of adolescents ... ...... 3,289 9,330 20. With the increase of the number of pupils in the schools (about 5,000—6,000) there came an increase in the activities and a general expansion of the department for School Hygiene. A second doctor was appointed for the Tel-Aviv schools, and the number of nurses increased from seventeen to twenty. Nurse services were also established in the bigger colonies near Tel-Aviv. Successful work was performed by the stations for medical education. 21. The Hadassah health centres of Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv conducted their activities mainly in the educational field. Lectures were delivered on various subjects of hygiene, courses were held on the problems of nourishment, and exhibitions were opened dealing with nourishment, hygiene of the mouth and teeth, physical culture, and school hygiene. Courses were also held for first aid. Bureaux for advice on marital and general sex problems were also opened. The Health Centre in Jerusalem contains a dental section, and a physical culture department for juveniles. 22. The ophthalmic service of Hadassah is responsible for the campaign against Trachoma that is being conducted both inside and outside the schools. Ophthalmic work inside the schools is performed by trained nurses under the supervision of eye specialists. Work outside the schools is conducted by regional centres for treatment and by travelling doctors in the colonies. In 1934 there were carried out 82,428 (monthly or seasonal) eye inspections inside the schools. The number of treatments for eye trouble in the schools and in the stations amounted to 1,086,905. The proportion of cases of Trachoma in Jewish schools is about 6 per cent. The figure for cases of Trachoma amongst new applicants to the schools is as high as 14.5 per cent. This disease is most rampant amongst immigrants from the Oriental communities, who have been forming an important part of the total Jewish immigration during the last few years. It is a regrettable fact that whilst the Government finds means to assist in ophthalmic work amongst the Arab population, no such assistance is rendered to the Jews. The ophthalmic section of Hadassah employs four doctors (two in part-time employment) and twenty-one nurses (eight in part-time employment). D.—The Sick Fund of the Labour Federation. 23. More than 10,000 new members were enrolled during the year 1934, bringing the total membership of the Knpat Holim to 40,000 at the beginning of 1935. Adding to this figure the members 421