[Report 1959] / School Medical Officer of Health, York City.

  • York (England). City Council
Date:
1959
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    I his is the first year in which no new case of tuberculosis has been notified in a school child. An achievement indeed, and due in no small part to the willing co-operation of the teachers in arranging B.C.G. vaccination sessions to be held in the schools, for school leavers over the past 5 years. Dr. Margaret Barnet has undertaken an investigation which shows that 40 years ago, 76 children out of 100 admitted to our Open Air School were suffering from tuber¬ culosis in some form. Of the last 100 admissions there have only been 4, although ^ /o suffeied fiom respiratory infections of some kind. A high proportion of attenders at the school are descendants of former pupils. lh(;it v eit no cases oi poliomyelitis notified during 1959, and our thanks again go to the staff for their willing co-operation in. releasing children for vaccination. General Epidemics continue to sweep through our infant classes, notably measles and influenza and the building of new schools does not appear to have influenced this. 1 he building of the new Open Air School in Beckfield Lane commenced during the year, and we hope to tiansfer from the old 1914-18 wooden hutments which house the school at present, during 1960. Better facilities will be pro¬ vided here for our delicate children and more particularly a special physio¬ therapy unit which will cater for the needs of spastics and children with other orthopaedic defects. The body of this report has been drafted by Dr. Shevlin and his staff and to them I tendei my thanks for their continued help and loyalty during the year. Our thanks also go to the Chairman and Members of the Education Committee, to the Chief Education Officer and his staff and to all who have contributed to the maintenance of a high standard of health among our York schoolchildren. I am, Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, C. B. CRANE, Medical Officer of Health and Principal School Medical Officer.
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