[Report 1967] / School Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough.

  • Tynemouth (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1967] / School Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Medical Inspections A periodic medical inspection of children in the following age groups was carried out in each school. {a) ENTRANTS—^children in their first year of attendance at a maintained primary infant school. {b) INTERMEDIATES—children in their last year of attend¬ ance at a maintained primary junior school. (c) LEAVERS—children in their last year of attendance at a maintained secondary school. {d) OTHERS—children of all ages who have missed inspection in groups {a), {b\ (c). Prior to the periodic medical inspection of the children in these age groups, the schools were visited by a School Nurse/Health Visitor, who weighed and measured the children and tested the visual acuity of those in groups {b), (c) and {d). At the actual inspec¬ tion the Medical Officer was accompanied by a Nurse. Parents were invited to be present at these inspections. The percentage of parents who were present at periodic inspections was 57-98 as compared with 62-25 in 1966, 59-93 in 1965 and 76-4 in 1937. Special inspections and re-inspections were also conducted in each school department once during the year. Findings of Medical Inspections Periodic Medical Inspection of 3,339 children was carried out in school, and all were recorded as being in a satisfactory general physical condition. The defects found at periodic and special inspections can be seen in the Table on page 23 of this report which shows separately the number of pupils found to require treatment (T) and the number of pupils found to require observation (O). The following table shows the average heights and weights of boy and girl entrants selected at intervals, over a period of years, since periodic medical inspection commenced.