[Report 1917] / School Medical Officer of Health, Stirling County Council.

  • Stirlingshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1917
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Credit: [Report 1917] / School Medical Officer of Health, Stirling County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECONDARY EDUCATION COMMITTEE. SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN, 1916-17. County Building’s, Stirling, November, 1917. This report on School Medical Inspection in Stirlingshire deals with the period from 1st August, 1916, to 31st July, 1917. During that period Dr. Findlay, one of the School Medical Inspectors, was still absent on military service, as he undertook to continue his commission in the R.A.M.C. for a second year. As was stated at the beginning of last year’s report, it was not con- sidered advisable to appoint a substitute, and a re-arrangement of the work was therefore necessary. During the past year the same re-arrangement was continued, so that the present returns will be strictly comparable with those of the previous year. The actual work of inspection was carried out by the Medical Inspectors, Dr. A. Josephine Gardner and Dr. J. T. Prangnell, the first named being a whole-time inspector, while Dr. Prangnell is engaged only part-time. The schools under Dr. Prangnell’s care were the same as detailed in the Annual Report for the year 1913-14, and Dr. Gardner, in addition to her own schools, undertook the supervision of Dr. Findlay’s also, as set forth on pages 5 and 6 of the 1913-14 report. The following is the list of the staff employed during the year:— School Medical Officer—Thomas Adam, M.A., M.D., D.P.H. School Medical Inspectors—A. Josephine Gardner, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H.; A. Wood Smith,M.D.,F.R.FJPJS.G.; John T. Prangnell, M.D., D.P.H. School Nurses—Helen D. Gibson, Adra S. Mackenzie. Clerk—Barbara H. Smith. Oculists (part time)—John Gilchrist, M.D.; John B. Stewart, M.B., Ch.B. Dentists (part time)—Robert Galloway, L.D.S., R.C.S.; J. Lindsay Brown, L.D.S., R.C.S.; James W. Somer- ville, L.D.S., R.C.S.