[Report 1947] / School Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich.

  • West Bromwich (England). Council.
Date:
1947
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    SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE. To the Chairman and Members of the Education Committee. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present the annual report on the School Health Services for West Bromwich for the year 1947. It has been a year of no particularly outstanding feature, but one in which the work of the School Health Department has proceeded steadily. Doctor Gibbs resigned her appoint¬ ment as Deputy School Medical Officer, and left on the 8th February. Doctor Cole succeeded Doctor Gibbs as Senior Assistant School Medical Officer from 1st May, and Doctor W. J. Morrissey was appointed Assistant School Medical Officer from the 23rd July. The medical staff was thereafter at full strength. The dental department, which had suffered considerable depletion of staff during the war years, was « strengthened by the appointment of Mr. G. J. S. Littlefield, jointly with the Smethwick Education Authority, as Senior Dental Officer from August 1st ; Mr. T. S. Holt was appointed Assistant Dental Officer from the 23rd June, and Mr. E. Sternbach as temporary Dental Officer from the 9th June. I should like to take the opportunity of thanking the Dental Surgeons who gave part-time services to the department during the war years. Full details of the year’s work will be found in the body of the report so that here I need only comment on one or two main features. It will be noted that the nutrition of the school child appears to be reasonably satisfactory, although it is a little difficult to make a very accurate comparison of 1947 with the previous year. The provision of meals at school has continued, there being a substantial increase in the number of meals supplied. There was no outstanding incidence of infectious disease, and only 11 cases of diphtheria.