[Report 1932] / School Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City.

  • Wakefield (England). City Council.
Date:
1932
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Credit: [Report 1932] / School Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    At the time of writing this Report the question of providing meals for necessitous children is under consideration by the Education Committee. 12.—SCHOOL BATHS. Except for the provision of facilities for swimming at the Public Baths, which are admittedly inadequate for the needs of the general public, there are no school baths in the City. 13.—CO-OPERATION OF PARENTS. Parents are notified of the time when their children will be examined under routine inspection and their presence is cordially invited. During 1932, 76.2 per cent, of the parents, generally the mother, responded to the invitation, as compared with 74.9 in 1931. Everything possible is done to secure the interest and co-operation of the parents, and a larger attendance is much to be desired. 14.—CO-OPERATION OF TEACHERS. The teachers give, as they always have done, the greatest possible help and co-operation in the work of the School Medical Service. It is impossible to speak too highly of their assistance without which the work would lose much of its efficiency. 15.—CO-OPERATION OF SCHOOL INQUIRY OFFICERS. The co-operation of the Inquiry Officers with the school work is close, active and invaluable. They send many children to the School Clinic, and they also assist in securing medical or other treatment, when other means have failed. Their help in securing the cleansing of verminous children has been particularly useful. 16.—CO-OPERATION BY VOLUNTARY BODIES. The two Societies that afford most help in connection with School Medical Work are the Wakefield Social Service Council and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The former Society, which includes an active Guild of Help, undertakes much of the care work of the Corporation, and is of great assistance in supplying food and clothing in necessitous cases of a temporary character, and also in supplying recom¬ mendations for the Hospital. Cases of apparently wilful neglect are referred to the latter Society for investigating and any neces¬ sary action, and Inspector Horner has proved a most helpful and zealous coadjutor. The Mayor’s Boot Fund has also done a most useful work during 1932, and supplied 733 pairs of boots to necessitous children. I am sure than many an illness has been prevented by the timely supply of a pair of good watertight boots. The help of Mr. Way, the Probation Officer, has always been available when required,