[Report 1953] / School Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / School Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. General Introduction 1. List of Staff 2. General Statistics 3. Sanitary Condition of Schools 4. Organisation and Administration— Inspection ... Treatment ... Dental Inspection, etc. ... School Nursing and arrangements for Following-up ... Co-ordination with other Departments Co-operation with other Agencies Co-operation with Teachers and Parents 5. The Findings of Medical Inspection—General Review ... 6. Medical Treatment—General Review Cuts, Bruises, Sprains, etc.; Diseases of the Ear Defective Hearing Diseases of the Eye Diseases of the Skin Defective Vision ; Supply of Spectacles Operations—Ear, Nose and Throat Orthopaedic Treatment General Diseases; Medicines Artificial Light Treatment; Cardiac Clinics ... Asthma Investigation 7. Dental Inspection and Treatment ... 8. Special Schools, Classes and Residential Schools 9. Physical Education and Personal Hygiene 10. Feeding and Clothing of Children ; Milk in Schools STATISTICAL AND OTHER APPENDICES. Table I—Total numbers of children examined ... ... ... ... 47 Appendix la—Notifications to parents ... ... ... ... ... 49 Appendix lb—Age distribution of children ... ... ... ... 50 Table II—Numbers and percentages of children suffering from defects 52 Appendix Ila—Systematic examinations—additional information ... 60 Appendix lib—Vision and hearing of 1945 ” children ... ... 62 Appendix lie—Average measurements of children ... ... ... 63 Table III—Classification according to remediability of major defects 68 Appendix Ilia—Inspection of special cases ... ... ... ... 70 Appendix IHb—Other special inspections (leaving interviews, holiday and harvesting camps, cleanliness inspections) ... 70 Appendix IIIc—Cleanliness supervision at selected schools ... ... 73 Table IV—Exceptional children ... ... ... ... ... ... 75 Table V—Dental inspection and treatment ... ... ... ... 77 Appendix VI—Summary of inspection and treatment statistics ... 80 Appendix VII—Nursery schools and day nurseries (results of inspection) 83 Appendix VIII—Mass miniature radiography ... 85 Appendix IX—Medical supervision of Remand Home ... ... 87 Appendix X—Diphtheria immunisation campaign 87 Appendix XI—Speech therapy 88 Appendix XII—Audiometric surveys ... ... ... ... ... 93 Appendix XIII—Mortality of school children ... ... ... ... 97 Appendix XIV—Social group and medical class ... ... ... 99 4 8 9 10 11 13 14 14 14 16 17 18 22 25 27 28 29 30 31 32 35 36 37 38 39 44 45