[Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Swindon Borough.

  • Swindon (Wiltshire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1964
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Credit: [Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Swindon Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Number of handicapped pupils attending the Central School (including 27 Wilts County Council and 4 Berkshire County Council pupils) 120 Unit for Partially Hearing pupils - Clarence Street School Number of pupils attending (including 3 Wilts County Council and 2 Berkshire County Council pupils) 7 Attendance at this Unit will fluctuate from term to term. The factors affecting attendance will be:~ 1. The number of partially hearing children approaching entry age. 2. Transfers in of partially hearing children from other districts. 3. Transfers out of children who can be integrated with normally hearing classes. 4. Transfers out to secondary schools for partially hearing children. 5. Transfers out of children who leave the district. At 31st December 1964, of the 7 children attending, all 7 were in one class. Spastic Paralysis Unit - Princess Margaret Hospital During 1964, 3 pupils were admitted to the unit. 11 children whose ages range from 6 - l6 years attend for education and physiotherapy. For most of 1964, the unit consisted of 11 pupils. This number placed severe demands on the staff and on the limited accommodation available. I feel that consideration will have to be given to enlarging the scope of the unit to accommodate physically handicapped children, other than spastics. If suitable accommodation cannot be made available at the hospital, then an alternative site will have to be sought. AUDIOMETRY The audiometrician attends Swindon one day per week to test the hearing of children in Infants schools. During 1964, 1399 pupils were tested and '20 pupils were considered to have sub-normal hearing and were referred to the E.N.T. Consultant for further advice. PROTECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS The vaccination of children of the 13 - 14 years age group against tuberculosis continued during 1964. All children were given a preliminary skin test to see whether vaccination was necessary. By this means, some 17% were found to have acquired some protection against tuberculosis and therefore did not require vaccination.