[Report 1948] / School Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • North Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / School Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    On 5th July a unified county nursing service in which all the nurses were directly employed by the county council was initiated and all district nurses employed in the county were offered a transfer to the county service. (vi) Dental Mechanics. G. Stamper, appointed 10-5-1948. (vii) Dental Attendants. Miss M. H. Sherwood, s.r.n., retired 31-8-1948. Mrs. M. M. Hodgson. Miss D. Morton. Mrs. O. Nelson. Miss S. M. Rowe. Mrs. V. E. Crane. Mrs. J. M. Bramley, appointed 7-6-1948. Miss J. E. Clark, appointed 7-6-1948. Miss S. M. Meynell, appointed 1-9-1948. Scarborough Division . . Miss N. D. V. Stockill. (viii) Chief Clerk . . Mr. M. R. Wallace, resigned 20-9-1948. Mr. H. A. Roebuck, d.p.a., appointed l-ll-’48. III. MEDICAL INSPECTION OF PUPILS AT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. (i) General. On 31st December, 1948, there were 325 primary schools in the county including Scarborough ; the number of departments was 357. There were 40 secondary schools. After 5th July the committee were responsible for providing education for pupils in hospital schools, which were previously provided by tuberculosis authorities and the governing bodies of certain long-stay voluntary hospitals. The hospital schools in the Riding are as follows :— Number of Places Age Range Number of pupils (December, 1948) Adela Shaw Orthopaedic Hospital 125 3-16 110 Kirbymoorside Northallerton Orthopaedic Hospital 100 2-16 60 Thornton Lodge Sanatorium 40 3-16 26 Aysgarth Poole Sanatorium 58 3-16 36 Hemlington Hospital (Orthopaedic) 21 2-16 20 (ii) School Hygiene. Assistant school medical officers, when visiting schools for routine medical inspections, reported on school premises and matters relating to