[Report 1961] / School Medical Officer of Health, Norfolk County Council.

  • Norfolk (England). County Council.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / School Medical Officer of Health, Norfolk County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HEALTH EDUCATION. On invitation, nurses continue to give talks to school leavers as well as instruction in hygiene and mothercraft. One secondary modern school holds a pre-nursing course where the lectures are given by a health visitor, followed by a test. SCHOOL LEAVERS—MEDICAL REPORTS. The arrangements whereby children due to leave school are specially medically examined with a view to issuing a report on their suitability or otherwise for certain types of employment continued as in previous years. These reports were found to be most helpful in placing handicapped pupils in suitable employment. TRANSPORT OF CHILDREN TO AND FROM SCHOOL. School medical officers carried out special examination of 142 individual children and recommended, on medical grounds, the provision of transport by the Committee. IV. TREATMENT OF DEFECTS. CO-OPERATION WITH HOSPITALS AND GENERAL PRACTITIONERS. We are again grateful to general practitioners for their co-operation with, and interest in, the school health service. It is also gratifying to note that they are taking increased advantage of child guidance, speech therapy, and other specialised services provided by the local education authority. The copies of reports from hospital specialists which we receive contain much useful information which is passed to the medical staff. MINOR AILMENTS CLINICS. As from June, 1960, the only minor ailments clinic in operation was that held in King’s Lynn and statistics relating to it are included in the following table: — Minor ailment, disease or defect of the Individual cases dealt with at clinics. Skin. Ringworm—scalp ... — Ringworm—body ... — Scabies — Impetigo ... 4 Other skin diseases ... 2 Eyes 3 (External and other, but excluding errors of refraction and squint) Ears 1 Miscellaneous 52 (e.g. minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.) Totals 1^61 IOTALS (1960) 62 (282)