[Report 1947] / Schools Dept., Carmarthenshire County Council.

  • Carmarthenshire (Wales). County Council. Schools Department.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Schools Dept., Carmarthenshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    y CO-ORDINATION. There is complete co-ordination in the administration of the medical services for the school and the pre-school child. The School Medical Officer is also County Medical Officer of Health, and the Deputy School Medical Officer is also Deputy County Medical Officer of Health. Assistant School Medical Officers also undertake duties in connection with Ante-natal and Infant Welfare Cliniosi, and the specialist and treatment facilities for the school child are available for the pre-school child. The Health Visitors also act as School Nurses. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. During the year, the following schools were closed by the Education Committee on the advice of the School Medical Officer on account of infectious disease: — School. Infectious Disease. Closure. Crugybar C.P. Chicken-pox 13th January to 26th January. Chicken-pox and Whooping Cough 27th January to 9th February. Bethlehem C.P. .. Measles . 12th May to 23rd May. Trapp C.P. ... Measles .. 21st July to 25th July. Abergorlech C.P. Measles 2nd October to 19th October. St. Clears V.P. . Measles .. 9th December to 19th December Gwernogle C.P. School was closed by the Local Medical Officer of Health from the 14th October to the 19th October on account of anterior poliomyelitis. This closure was not confirmed by the School Medical Officer as it was not considered necessary or advisable. There was a serious outbreak of acute poliomyelitis in the County during the latter half of the year, although the County did not suffer as badly as other parts of the Country. Fifty-two cases were confirmed to' be suffering from the disease during the year, only seventeen of whom were schoolchildren and fourteen, were children under five years of age. Early in the year, an outbreak of Scarlet Fever occurred among pupils at the Carmarthen Girls’ Grammar School; five pupils were admitted to the County Isolation Hospital. A thorough investigation was carried out at the school in conjunction with the staff of the Public Health Laboratory, and nineteen carriers were found among the pupils in attendance. These were excluded from school and referred to their private doctors for treatment. They were not allowed to resume attendance at school until they were