[Report 1933] School Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1933
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Credit: [Report 1933] School Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (1) CO-ORDINATION. As the School Medical Officer is also Medical Officer of Health, co-operation between the School Medical Service and the various medical sections of the Public Health Department has been fully maintained throughout the year. All delicate or ailing children are noted and kept under supervision upon their admission to school. Debilitated children under school age are visited in their own homes by the Health Visitor and are urged to attend the Welfare Centre for regular weighing and advice. A certain number of children in the Borough under the compulsory school age are admitted to the Infant Schools. (2) SCHOOL HYGIENE It is of the greatest importance that the elementary schools under the control of an Education Authority should be in a good sanitary condition where the children can be taught, in addition to the ordinary school subjects, the elementary principles and importance of hygiene and cleanliness. The re-organisation of the Canterbury Schools and the building of a new school for the Wincheap area is still being delayed as the result of the recent National Economy Campaign. (3) MEDICAL INSPECTION. Routine Medicae Inspections.—All children coming within one of the following groups are inspected at the routine examinations in the schools, viz. : “ Entrants/' “ Intermediates ” (i.e., children between 8 and 9 years of age), and “ Leavers ” (i.e., children of 12 years of age and upwards). SpECIae Inspections.—These are medical inspections of children specially referred to a medical officer by teachers, school nurses, attendance officers, parents or otherwise, but not coming before him as one of an age-group for routine inspection. Such special inspections are carried out at schools or clinics, and occasionally at the children’s homes. Re-inspections.—These are medical inspections of children who, as a result of a routine or special inspection, come up subsequently for re-inspection. Routine Dentae Inspections.—Children of all ages. The number of children examined is shown in Table I. of the Statistical Return.