[Report 1969] / School Medical Officer, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset (England). County Council.
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / School Medical Officer, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To the Chairman and Members of the Education Committee of the Somerset County Council Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, 1 have the honour to present my Annual Report on the School Health Service for the year 1969 which, as usual, includes a general survey with statistical details of the work performed during the year. The general state of health of the school children in the County was satisfactory but there was one unpleasant outbreak of infectious hepatitis at a school in the middle of the County. Inspections for head vermin have been carried out on a selective basis since 1962. In 1967 and in 1968 the numbers of children with infested hair were lower than the levels pertain¬ ing in the early sixties. I had hoped that our system of intensive work on selected families was producing a lowering in the prevalence of infestation. It is with regret that I record the numbers found to be infested in 1969 have risen substantially to previous levels. Effective treatment is available for head infestation and the disease is one which nowadays should not occur. Dr. Bodman retired at the end of October after nineteen years as Director of the Child Guidance Service. I would like to pay tribute to the hard work and loyal service he put in over the years. Through his efforts he leaves a Child Guidance Service in Somerset which is well developed and is valued by the schools in the County. I should like to thank the Headmasters, Headmistresses and their staffs for the help they have, so freely given and the Chief Education Officer and his staff for the happy relationships which exist. Finally, 1 would acknowledge the help that Dr. J. Beasley has given me in compiling this Report. A. PARRY JONES Principal School Medical Officer County Hall, Taunton. April, 1970.