[Report 1940] / School Medical Officer of Health, South Shields County Borough.

  • South Shields (Durham, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / School Medical Officer of Health, South Shields County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 5 —UiicSeanliness and Verminous Conditions. First Second Survey. Survey. (i) Average niiniber of visits per school made during the vear bg the School Nurses for cleanliness surveys. 5 5 (ii) Total number of | examinations of children in the schools' by School Nurses :— {a) Children examine'd 7,968 3.324 (&) Examinations made .. ... 10,084 4,432 (hi) No. of individual children found unclean 1,493 706 (iv) No. of individual children cleansed under Section 87 (2) and (3) of the Education Act, 1921 . . . .. (v) No. of cases in which legal 'proceedings. were taken .. (а) Under the Education Act, 1921 .V.. ....... (б) Under the School Attend¬ ance Byelaws Table 6.—Blind and Deaf Children. Number of totally or almost totally Blind and Deaf children who are not at the present time receiving education suitable for their special needs:— Blind Deaf Childi’en. Children. (1) At a Public Elementary School . . . 2 (2) At an Institution other than a Special School 1 , , (3) At no School or Institution. 1 1 Total not receiving suitable Education . 2 3 The name of a blind child has been forwarded to the appropriate authority under the Blind Persons Act, 1920. Mentally Defective Children. Total number of children notified during the year ended 31st December, 1940, by the Local Education Authority to the Local Mental Deficiency Authority under the Mental Deficiency (Notification of Children) Regulation, 1928:—8.