[Report 1964] / Principal School Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council.

  • Warwickshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1964
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Credit: [Report 1964] / Principal School Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths in Schoolchildren. Twenty-seven children in the five to fourteen age group died during the year—seventeen boys and ten girls. Of the eight deaths due to accidents, four involved motor-vehicles and three were due to drowning. As in 1963, accidental deaths and deaths due to malignant disease (including leukaemia) accounted for half the deaths registered in this age group. Motor-vehicle accidents Other accidents Malignant disease Leukaemia and aleukaemia Congenital malformations ... Bronchitis and pneumonia ... Other respiratory disease ... Measles Other infective and parasitic diseases Nephritis Vascular lesions of nervous system Homicide Other defined and ill-defined diseases 1964 1963 1962 4] 4J - ::: !} i h ::: ij J-4 ;;; *] i 3 3 i 3 1 — — 1 — 1 — — 1 — i ... — ... — i 1 1 — ... — 1 9 4 5 27 (M 21 School Swimming Pools. During the past two years a number of schools have constructed, or are negotiating for the construction of, swimming pools. By the end of the year there were twenty-one pools in use, and a further seven were proposed or in course of construction. Of the twenty-one in use, fifteen are regarded as small learner pools. Two of the earlier pools were built without a filtration or chlorination plant, but since these were built it has been agreed that no plans for a pool will be considered unless these provisions are included and are acceptable to the Principal School Medical Officer and the County Architect. Regular routine visits were made by the County Health Inspector or his assistants in 1964, during the period when the pools were in use, to check the pH value and residual chlorine in the water. At the same time records kept by the person responsible for the pool were inspected and cross-checks were made with the apparatus used at the school for residual chlorine and pH value estimations. Members of the Department have been available at all times to discuss and advise on any problems arising from the chlorination and filtration plant. A residual chlorine figure of 0.5 to 0.8 has been recommended, and if this figure is maintained, routine bacteriological samples of the water are not required. Where there were difficulties, however, bacteriological samples were taken. Nocturnal Enuresis. For some years, electric alarm apparatus has been available on loan throughout the County for children who suffer from persistent nocturnal enuresis. The apparatus works from a low-voltage battery ; its aim is to waken the patient immediately incontinence begins (by means of a buzzer) thereby helping to improve co-ordination between bladder and brain. A true assessment of the effectiveness of this type of apparatus is difficult to achieve owing to the many varying factors involved. A survey of one hundred and thirty-four children issued with alarms in 1963 is given below, the results being one year after the date of issue. Children who had left the district after issue, or who had only used the apparatus for one week or less were excluded from these results. Under 10 yrs. Boys. 10 yrs. & over Total Under 10 yrs. Girls. 10 yrs. & over Total Symptom free 17 13 30 13 4 17 Greatly improved 16 9 25 6 4 10 Improved 6 5 11 5 2 7 No improvement 18 7 25 6 3 9 — — — — — — 57 34 91 30 13 43