[Report 1951] / School Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / School Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. Page General Introduction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 1. List of Staff ... ... ... ... 8 2. General Statistics ... ... ... ... ... 9 3. Sanitary Condition of Schools ... ... ... 10 4. Organisation and Administration— Inspection ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11 Treatment ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12 Dental Inspection, etc. ... ... ... ... ... ... 13 School Nursing and arrangements for Following-up ... ... 14 Co-ordination with other Departments ... ... ... 14 Co-operation with other Agencies ... ... ... ... 15 Co-operation with Teachers and Parents ... ... ... 17 5. The Findings of Medical Inspection—General Review ... ... 17 6. Medical Treatment—General Review ... ... ... ... 20 Cuts, Bruises, Sprains, etc.; Diseases of the Ear ... ... 22 Defective Hearing ... ... ... ... ... ... 24 Diseases of the Eye and Skin ... ... ... ... ... 25 Defective Vision; Supply of Spectacles ... ... ... 27 Operations—Ear, Nose and Throat ... ... ... ... 28 Orthopaedic Treatment ... ... ... ... 29 General Diseases; Medicines ... ... ... ... ... 32 Artificial Light Treatment; Cardiac Clinics ... ... ... 33 Asthma Investigation ... ... ... ... ... ... 34 7. Dental Inspection and Treatment ... ... 35 8. Special Schools, Classes and Residential Schools ... ... 38 9. Physical Education and Personal Hygiene ... ... ... 42 10. Feeding and Clothing of Children ; Milk in Schools ... 43 STATISTICAL AND OTHER APPENDICES. Table I—Total numbers of children examined ... ... ... ... 45 Appendix la—Notifications to parents ... ... ... ... ... 47 Appendix lb—Age distribution of children ... ... ... ... 48 Table II—Numbers and percentages of children suffering from defects 50 Appendix Ila—Systematic examinations—additional information ... 56 Appendix lib—Vision and hearing of 1943 ’’ children ... ... 58 Appendix lie—Average measurements of children ... ... ... 59 Table III—Classification according to remediability of major defects 64 Appendix Ilia—Inspection of special cases ... ... ... ••• 66 Appendix IHb—Other special inspections (leaving interviews, holiday and harvesting camps, cleanliness inspections) ... 66 Appendix IIIc—Cleanliness supervision at selected schools ... ... 68 Table IV—Exceptional children ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• 71 Table V—Dental inspection and treatment 73 Appendix VI—Summary of inspection and treatment statistics ... 76 Appendix VII—Nursery schools and day nurseries (results of inspection) 79 Appendix VIII—Mass miniature radiography ... ... ... ... 81 Appendix IX—Medical supervision of Remand Home 83 Appendix X—Diphtheria immunisation campaign ... ... ... 83 Appendix XI—Speech therapy (details of treatment) ... ... ... 85 Appendix XII—Audiometric surveys ... ... ••• ••• ••• 86 Appendix XIII—Housing conditions ... ... ... ••• 89