[Report 1918] / Principal School Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council.

  • Warwickshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / Principal School Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. To the Education Committee, Warwickshire County Council. March 4t,li, 1919. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, 1. I Leg to present my Report for the year ending 31st December, 1918, on the Medical Inspection of School Children carried out in the Administrative County of Warwick, under the Education (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1907. 2. Owing to the continued absence of two of the Assistant Medical Officers on military service, and to the resignation on January 31st of Dr. W. H. Parkinson, it was not possible to carry on Medical Inspection uninterruptedly during the year. A temporary successor could not be obtained until April 15th, consequently Inspection was in abeyance during the full months of February and March, except in so far as I was able to give personal attention to cases of special itunortance,;j.nd urgency. This 1 did as occasion arose. 3. The staff of Health Visitors, whose duties include those of School Nurses, has remained numerically the sameasin the previous year—fifteen including the Superintendent. Three resigned, their places being filled by Miss Evans, Rugby Urban District (since resigned), Miss Redfern, Rugby Rural District, and Miss Carr, Meriden District. 4. In the Administrative County there are 319 Schools and Departments, with a school population of approximately 37,000. 5. No new schools have been built during the year, and repairs have only been carried out when the needs were urgent and imperative. Accommodation in a number of schools is at present strained to the utmost, and on this account schemes are now in hand to supply the requirements of those districts most seriously affected. (a) GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE EXTENT AND SCOPE OF MEDICAL INSPECTION AS CARRIED OUT IN 1918. (I. The system adopted since the depletion of the Medical Staff of examining only tk ailing children ” has again been followed during the year under review, this course having received the full approval of the Board of Education. 7. The selection of such “ ailing children ” has been systematically made by the School Nurses, acting in close co-operation with the Head Teachers, who have, without exception, given every assistance possible for this purpose. In 43 of the smaller schools and departments no children falling under this category were discovered, and consequent^ no inspection was held at such schools. 350 iii 19 6965