[Report 1956] / School Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Man.

  • Isle of Man. Council.
Date:
1956
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    ment of children who show evidence of mental maladjustment. Minor troubles or maladjustments are sometimes brought to the notice of school medical officers by the teaching or nursing staffs. Early consultation with a little guidance often proves most valuable in preventing serious behaviour problems or major maladjustments. Mr. Owen, the Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, has drawn attention in his report to the waiting time for operation cases. The increased number of operation sessions is gradually reducing this interval, but cases have had to be deferred because of a shortage of beds at the hospital and occasionally because the children’s ward has been in quaran- tine because of infectious disease. After the retirement of Dr. de Courcy, arrangements were made for Mrs. Dorothy Barton, Consultant Ophthalmic surgeon, to see the children with eye defects. The Authority’s clinic is now held in the special eye room at Noble’s Hospital on a Sunday morning with the school nurse in attendance Sunday is not a satisfactory day for the clinic as transport from outlying districts, particularly in the winter, is so infrequent, but it is the only available session which can be devoted to children. There is, at present, a waiting list, but it is possible that some extra sessions will be available and that it will be considerably reduced. For the past few years, it has been customary in Annual Reports to refer to the unsatisfactory school clinic building in Tynwald Street. The Education Authority have passed plans for the building of a new clinic to replace the present one, but their recommendation is still waiting for final approval at a higher level. It is to be hoped that this will not be long delayed. SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION AND HYGIENE. I am grateful to the Works Inspector for the following report: — “During 1956 the following buildings were painted externally: — Andreas, Santon, St. Mark’s, Tynwald Street, Hanover Street, Murray’s Road, Demesne Road, Laxey and Castle Rushen High Schools ; Noble’s Hall and the School of Art. The following school houses were also painted externally:—Santon, St. Mark’s and Foxdale. The following schools were either partly or wholly decorated inter- nally:—Ramsey Grammar School (Junior Department) and Dhoon School. Public water supply and water borne sanitation were installed at Mar own School. At the following schools oil burning apparatus was installed: — Ramsey Grammar School (Senior department), Albert Road, Ballasalla, Laxey, Demesne Road, School of Art and Ballakermeen. In addition, a new heating boiler was installed at Albert Road School and improvements to the heating system were also carried out at Laxey School.