[Report 1958] / School Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) County Borough.

  • Newport (Wales). County Borough Council.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / School Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    teachers I',-:! prospective teachers tmder the Education Authority were meilicallv examined for fitness during' the yom- TRAINING COLLEGE ENTRANTS dl entrants to training colleges were medically examined for fitness during the year. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES <)4 ])ros|)ective employees of the Education Authority were medically examined for fitness during the year. SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICE N I'M mill OF C.ISES ExAMINFll FOR THE \ EAR 1958. Referred by tlie Head Teachers of Schools ... Referred by the Principal vSchool Medical Officer Referred by various Medical Practitionep ... Referred by the Magistrates of the Juvenile Court (including Crick Remand Home interviews) Referred bj^ Probation Officers Referred by Children’s Department Referred by Parents Referred by other sources Cases under review Cases from the previous year From Headteachers From Principal School Medical Officei From Medical Practitioners 6 2 9 Total number of cases 75 56 6 6 4 3 2 6 4 10 174 During the year there has been some inconvience and delay because of the jieriod between the departure of the former Educational Psycholo- gist, Mr.T . Jones, and the arrival of his succes.sor, Mr. J. E. Hazelton. The Social JVorker, Mrs. A. Cook, arrived at the beginning of October, there being no Psychatric Soidal Worker for some nine months. It has been found that the majority of cases referred by the Principal School Medical Officer required a detailed examination involving the full Clinical Team, consisting of the Consultant Psychiatrist, Educational P.sychologist and Social Worker, and in many cases a considerable number of interviews were needed with the child, both with the Psychiatrist and with the Psychologist, and it was almost essential for tlie Social Worker to maintain constant contact with the parents over a considerable ])eriod. This confirms the Clinic Staff’s belief that the maladjusted child is ill, nearly always, because of relationshi]) diffiinilties in the home. Very many children, who have been referred by the Head Teacher, have been foiind to be, basically, behaviour difficulty cases. Such cases have demanded, therefore, full clinical examination also.