[Report 1957] / School Medical Officer of Health, Anglesey County Council.

  • Anglesey (Wales). County Council. no2003102100.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / School Medical Officer of Health, Anglesey County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    two matters to which I should like to refer. The first is the lighting of some of those rural schools where there is no electricity supply. Many of these buildings are ancient with small high windows. By mid-afternoon on a dull winter’s day the light is much too poor for any reading or written work. Every effort should be made to ensure that electricity is brought to these schools lest the children’s eyesight should suffer. The second point refers to the facilities for hand-iv ashing in schools. The junior school is an excellent place wherein to in- culcate the habits of good personal hygiene-—the importance of which was well illustrated by the small outbreak of sonne dysentery at Llan- faethlu mentioned on pages 8-9. But the school must be equipped with the necessary facilities if it is to instruct effectively. In some schools the scale on which wash-basins is provided does not seem to be adequate, a sufficiency of towels must be ensured and in these days, when efficient and economical dispensers for liquid soap are available the use of hard green household soaps might well be discontinued. In the financial year 1957/58 the approximate gross cost of the school medical service amounted to 8,000, which is equivalent to an expenditure of 41s. 9d. per school child. After allowing for Government Grants the approximate rate-borne expenditure repre- sented a rate of 2.6d. for the year, or an expenditure equivalent to 10s. per head of the school population. I am indebted to the several consultants for the help they have readily given. It is a pleasure, too, to acknowledge the interest taken in the work by the Chairman and Members of the School Children Welfare Committee. I wish also to thank the Director of Education and his department for their valuable assistance, the Superintendent Nursing Officer, and the school nurses for their loyal services, and, not least, my professional colleagues and office staff for the excellence of their work and help in the preparation of this report. I am. Your obedient Servant, G. WYNNE GRIFFITH, Principal School Medical Officer. June 1958