[Report 1925] / School Medical Officer of Health, Berkshire County Council.

  • Berkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / School Medical Officer of Health, Berkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The serious loss of grant that would have resulted in times of epidemic illness from keeping open a school with a very low percentage of attendance, has been met by the Board with the proviso that when the average attendance for the week of a school or department has fallen below 60 per cent, of the number of children on the registers and the Local Education Authority are satisfied by a certificate from the School Medical Officer that the fall in attend- ance to so low a percentage may reasonably be attributed to the prevalence of epidemic illness in the district, the meetings and attendances during that week need not be reckoned in calculating the average attendances for the purpose of the Board’s grant. During 1925 certificates were given on these lines for a total of 176 weeks. The number of schools concerned is as follows :— 8 15 20 5 4 2 2 1 1 1 on y y account y y of absences due to measles. ,, ,, ,, mumps. ,, ,, ,, whooping cough. ,, ,, ,, chicken-pox. ,, ,, ,, influenza. ,, ,, ,, whooping cough and chicken-pox. ,, ,, ,, mumps and whooping cough. ,, ,, ,, chicken-pox and influenza. ,, ,, ,, measles and chicken-pox. ,, ,, ,, measles, mumps and whooping cough. SANITARY CONDITION OF SCHOOLS. School Buildings. The school premises are under the supervision of the School Buildings Inspector, Mr. W. Sargeant. Advantage is also taken of the visits of the Assistant School Medical Officers, who report on the general sanitary condition of each school at the time of medical inspection. In order to meet the increase of population in Swallowfield parish, a new Council School was erected during 1925 in the village of Farley Hill and was opened early in November. Various improvements were effected in the sanitation of many of the older schools in the County. Playgrounds. The playgrounds are generally sufficient in area though there are still many which would be rendered more serviceable by improvement in surface and drainage.