[Report 1970] / School Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Man.

  • Isle of Man. Council.
Date:
1970
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Credit: [Report 1970] / School Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Man. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    There was quite a considerable increase in the number of cases of measles and mumps notified and a moderate increase in the number of chickenpox notifications. Although measles vaccine is available through the National Health Service to children there is little evidence to show that large numbers are being vaccinated. MISCELLANEOUS MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS To comply with the Board of Education bye-laws all children between the ages of 13 and 15 years engaged in part-time employment require to be medically examined by the school medical officer. 164 employment certificates were issued during 1970. 44 candidates accepted for admission to teachers training colleges and medically examined in accordance with the requirements of the Depart- ment of Education and Science were found to be physically fit. 116 examinations of 49 individual children boarded out by the Board of Education were made. 14 special examinations and six special re- inspections of pre-school children with various complaints were carried out. Other examinations included examinations for admission to special schools and for fitness for dental treatment under general anaesthesia. HANDICAPPED PUPILS Blind Children One youth, an engineering student at the Queen Alexandra College in Birmingham, left college at the end of the winter term having arranged to start work at an engineering factory in Douglas early in 1971. The training college arranged for an official from the Royal National Institute for the Blind to visit the factory to assess the suitability of the youth for the position he was to take up and to give initial training and advice. Another youth at a residential school in Manchester continued to make satisfactory progress and arrangements were in hand for him to have further training at the Queen Alexandra College. One younger boy remained in attendance at a primary school but was being considered for admission to a special residential school. Partially Sighted Children Of nine partially sighted children attending ordinary schools, one left school during the year having reached school leaving age. Two men- tally handicapped children who are also partially sighted attended the special care unit (one left during the year when her parents moved to England). Three pre-school children were also classed as partially sighted. One of them left the Island to live in England and another child who had other severe physical defects unfortunately died towards the end of the year.