Annual report of the Directorate General of Health Services / issued by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health, Government of India.

  • India. Directorate General of Health Services.
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[1960]
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Credit: Annual report of the Directorate General of Health Services / issued by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health, Government of India. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Under the School Health Services Scheme of erstwhile Punjab State, Night School Health Clinics at Ludhiana, Rohtak, Hissar, Karnal, Amritsar, Gurgaon, Chandigarh and Dharmasala (Kangra) towns continued functioning. 19,829 students were examined during the year under report. In the area of erstwhile PEPSU State, the Medical Inspection of School Children Scheme continued to make satisfactory progress during the year under report and 28,287 students were examined. In rural areas, the Medical Officers-in-Charge of rural dispen¬ saries continued to do the work of medical inspection of school child¬ ren of Government Primary and Middle Schools free of charge. The Medical Officers, however, received remuneration for this additional work in High Schools from the School Health Fund. The work done by the Medical Officers-in-Charge of the provincia¬ lized rural dispensaries in this behalf is summarised below : Number of schools visited . . . . . . . . 415 Number of students examined ....... 45,200 Rajasthan—So far the medical inspection of school children was being carried out regularly in the districts of Jodhpur and Jaipur. The same has been in existence in Jodhpur City even uptill now but at other places it had to be suspended due to administrative reasons. In some of the defective students, their parents were re¬ quested for their treatment in the local hospitals and dispensaries. Uttar Pradesh—There is a central school dispensary in each of the 14 towns and the whole-time School Health Officer is the Medical Officer-in-Charge. The jurisdiction of the whole-time School Health Officer is confined only to the institutions situated within the town.. He is expected to examine at least 3,000 boys in detail during a year. The central school dispensary, of which the whole-time School Health Officer is in-charge, is meant only for scholars studying in institutions which are contributing a medical fee of six naya paisa per month a scholar. The dispensary is primarily meant for the treatment of minor ailments and defects detected during the course of their detailed medical examination by the whole-time School Health Officers. With each of the 14 central school dispensaries one Honorary Dentist and one Honorary Ophthalmologist are also attached, who attend the dispensary twice a week and examine the scholars needing treat¬ ment for their dental and eye troubles. The girl students are not covered under this scheme. 780 ill-nourished boys were fed on UNICEF milk and whole-milk in schools on the recommendations of the School Health Officer and after due classification by the heads of institutions as indigent. Free supply of 333 spectacles was made to poor boys found with defective visions. The Government had appointed a re-organization committee Ur go into the details of the various aspects of school health during the year under report. Himachal Pradesh—During the Second and the Third Five Year Plans, the provision Has been made to appoint doctors under the School Health Scheme but the same has not so far been implemented