[Report 1955] / School Medical Officer of Health, Barrow-in-Furness County Borough.

  • Barrow-in-Furness (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / School Medical Officer of Health, Barrow-in-Furness County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Since less than 9% of Group C children receive no sustenance from school it would appear to confirm the statement made in last year’s Report that the nutritional state of Group C children is not caused by lack of school dinners and milk. Such children may come largely from underdeveloped stock or their home meals may be lacking in quantity or quality. SECTION 3. ARRANGEMENTS FOR TREATMENT. Minor Ailments Clinic and Special Inspection. A Daily clinic has continued to be held at Arndene. It is staffed by an Assistant Medical Officer, two School Nurses and one Cleanser, together with a clerical assistant. The Medical Officer in addition to supervising the treatment of minor ailments carries out special examina- tions of cases referred from routine medical inspection or referred by Head Teachers or at the parents’ request. All these cases classified as folio :vs are given an appointment. Group 1. Minor Ailment Cases. Group 2. Cases referred by Head Teachers or at request of parents. Group 3. Those children who were absent at routine medical inspection. Group 4. Those children who have been referred from routine medical inspection for some specific defect. Head Teachers are informed by letter of the results of the special examinations. During the year, 1,864 children made 5,255 attendances under the different Groups as follows :— Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 No. of individual No. of children attending Attendances 862 3947 478 784 221 221 303 303 Several other examinations including the ascertainment of Handicapped Pupils, the initial and routine examination of foster children and the examina- tion of pupils to determine their fitness for employment were also conducted at the clinic and in all 198 children were seen in the 12 months ended 31st December. The various out-patient clinics of the North Lonsdale Hospital were also available to school children, and during the year 2,301 children made 7,609 attendances.