[Report 1947] / School Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough.

  • Tynemouth (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / School Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER. CO-ORDINATION. Co-ordination with the other health services in the Borough continued throughout the year. DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION. During the year 744 school children received the full course of inoculations; 32 received a first injection only and 1,923 received a supplementary injection, having had the full course of injections in, previous years. MILK AND DINNERS. Provision of Milk Meals. According to a one-day Summary made in October 1947, with a school population of' 8,235 (excluding Open-Air and Lovaine House Special Schools) the number of pupils taking milk was 7,427 or 90 per cent., and the number of pupils taking dinners was 3,486 or 42.33 per cent. Provision of Free Dinners. 377 School children remained on the free meals list at the beginning of the year and 36 were added later, making a total at the end of December 1947, of 413 children receiving free dinners. During the school period in December 1947, the average number of dinners supplied daily, free and fk^r payment, at all schools was 4,523. Scale of Necessity for Free Meals. Since November 1947, a more generous scale has been adopted for the supply of free dinners to necessitous children. MODIFIED PERIODIC MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. 198 Children were inspected by the School Nurses; of these 21 were referred to the Acting School Medical Officer for further advice or treatment. SC Abies (itch). 92 Cases—91 at the School Clinic and 1 ellsewhere—were recorded as having received treatment for scabies. During the past 6 years the number of cases treated at the School Clinic has gradually decreased. The following comparative table shews the number of cases treated over the period mentioned: — Number of cases of Scabies treated Year. at the School Clinic. 1942 572 1943 489 1944 353 1945 227 1946 136 1947 ■ 91