[Report 1931] / School Medical Officer of Health, Royal Leamington Spa Borough.

  • Leamington (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1931
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Credit: [Report 1931] / School Medical Officer of Health, Royal Leamington Spa Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    14- Co-operation of Teachers,—In spite of the incon¬ venience entailed by having to give up either the Head Teacher’s Room or a Class Room for routine inspection, the teachers have invariably given every assistance in their power. In notifying cases of non-notifiable infectious diseases, in sending cases of skin diseases to the Clinic for treatment, and in periodically sending children for dental re-inspection, they have rendered most useful service. 15. Co-operation of School Attendance Officer, — The School Attendance Officer’s chief work is, as far as the School Medical Service is concerned, in notifying the names of all entrants and leavers at the schools, in tracing children whose attendance at school or at the Clinic is unsatisfactory, and in seeing that children who are under private practitioners are supplied with an adequate certificate for absence. As a general rule, poor attendance at school falls into one of two classes, (a! the child, frequently an only child, who, in the opinion of the mother, “ suffers from nerves,” (b) the eldest daughter nearing the end of a school career, especially if one of a large family and more especially if a new arrival in the family is expected 16. Co-operation of Voluntary Bodies,—The National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children maintains an inspector in the town, and his aid has been called upon on a few occasions. Boy Scout and Girl Guide organizations are fairly well supported, and a certain number of children obtain a camp holiday. 17. Blind, Deaf, Defective, and Epileptic Children,— (a) The register for these children has been kept up to date during the year, and they have all been seen at least twice during 1931. Only four Epileptics are known. In all of these the disease is very mild, and none of them, as far as can be ascertained, have had any attacks during this year. Two deaf and dumb children are 111 an Institution at Edgbaston, and their reports have been uniformly satisfactory. During this year one child was notified to the Local Authority, under the Mental Deficiency Act 1915.