[Report 1917] / Principal School Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council.

  • Warwickshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1917
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Credit: [Report 1917] / Principal School Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Council Warwickshire County To the Education Committee, Warwickshire County Council. April 18th, 1918. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, 1. I beg to hand you herewith my Report for the year 1917 on the work done in connection with Medical Inspection of School Children in the Administrative County, under the Education (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1907. 2. This is the ninth Report for a full year, in addition to that made for a portion of the year 1908. 3. In the Administrative County there are 320 Schools and Departments, with a School population of approximately 37,300. 4. Very few structural alterations have been carried out during the year, only matters of urgency receiving attention. 1). No extensions have been made to existing buildings, nor have any new buildings been erected. 6. The whole of the supervising work has been in the hands of the Deputy Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Hamilton Wood, and I beg to submit to you his Report herewith. 7. The Report is on the same lines as for the last year or two and deals generally with a statement of the extent and scope of Medical Inspection carried out in 1917, with the results of “ following up” and Treatment. 8. One or two points stand out of particular interest, viz., the establishment of a Clinic for dealing with minor ailments at Warwick. This has been extremely successful, and undoubtedly points the way to further advances in coping with minor ailments in other districts of the County. 9. It only remains for me to express my high approval and appreciation of the work carried out in the Department. The absence of two of the three Assistant Medical Officers has obviously unhinged the old system of inspection, but, thanks to the energy of the Deputy School Medical Officer, difficulties which at the outset seemed almost insuperable have been reasonably met, so that the ill-effect on the School Children of the County has been further minimised. \ \ 350 vi 18 6812