[Report 1944] / School Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds City Council
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / School Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    *5 REPORT OF THE ACTING SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER FOR THE YEAR ENDED THE 3ist DECEMBER, 1944. To the Chairman and Members of the Education Committee. Ladies and Gentlemen, [ have the honour to present the Annual Report upon the work of the School Medical Service of the City of Leeds for the year ended the 31st December, 1044. Mr. R. D. Kinnear, Senior Dental Officer, resigned in February ; Stafl- his resignation meant that the peace time establishment of twelve Dental Officers was reduced to four. On the ist November, Mr. Herbert Gaunt was appointed as a temporary Assistant School Dental Officer. Two Nurses resigned during the year—Nurse B. M. Morlev on appointment to the Tutorial Staff of the Leeds General Infirmary and Nurse G. M. Taylor owing to ill-health. Miss Taylor had rendered good service to the Authority as Matron of the Open Air School at Farnley and later as School Nurse. Temporary appoint¬ ments—Miss 1. M. Condell ii. May and Mrs. M. S. E. Livingston in June—were made to fill these vacancies. I regret to have to record the death, during the year, of Mr. S. W. Daw, F.R.C.S., who was Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon to the School Medical Service from 1924 to 1937. Mr. Daw was the first Orthopaedic Surgeon appointed to the Leed:-. General Infirmary and the success of our own Orthopaedic Department owes a great deal to his work. During 1944 again there have been no serious epidemics of j£^*°su* infectious disease. In the Autumn there was a seasonal increase in the number of cases of scarlet fever but at no time did this assume epidemic proportions. The schools have been singularly free from diphtheria during the year and there is no doubt that this is due to the work of the Public Health Department in maintaining or increasing the proportion of children immunised. In December it was estimated that 78 per cent, of children under 5 years of age and 75-6 per cent, of children between 5 and 15 years of age had been immunised. The public does seem to have realised the import-
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