[Report 1965] / School Health Service, Flintshire County Council.

  • Flintshire (Wales). County Council. School Health Service.
Date:
1965
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Credit: [Report 1965] / School Health Service, Flintshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    children and respected by both parents and staff. I had many contacts with Mr. Shuttleworth in arranging clinics for children and the special examinations of persons for the blind register and it was always a pleasure to meet him and he will be very much missed by us all. Another person thatwewill allmiss isMiss J.M. Jewell, Senior Health Visitor/School Nurse, Western area, who retired inDecember after thirteen years with the Authority. During that period she gave outstanding service in the Rhyl area and was known and respected by a large number of mothers, parents and other workers. In her quiet and friendly way she was able to get the best out of her colleagues in the area and she played an important part before her retirement in establishing the health department sub-centre at Mercier House. It is pleasing to report the improved position in relation to speech therap>^now that we have Miss G. Roberts, a newly appointed Full-time Speech Therapist working in the Western half of the County, and Mrs. R.E. Ward, Speech Therapist, has during the year been able to give us extra sessions. This means a better cover for the County as a whole and less time to wait before treatment commences. It also means that Mrs. Ward is able to put in practice some of the newer methods of group treatment that she has been anxious to try now that the number of clinics that she attends has been reduced. The School dental service continued to do very valuable work duringthe year although we did not have our full establishment of den- tal officers. During the year, 10, 915 children were found to need dental treatment and 7, 084 were treated by this service. Orthodontic facilities were again made available throughout theyear at Buckley and Prestatyn. The mobile dental clinic continued to attend at rural schools during the year and this service was very much appreciated by the schools concerned. The Dental Auxiliary appointed lastyear was able to start on an active programme of dental health education in schools in the Eastern area and in addition to her clinical duties carried out under the general supervision of a dental surgeon at Shotton clinic. During the year the consultant staff at the various hospitals in the area have given ready and valuable help. I would also like to thank the General Practitioners in the County for their co-operation at all tunes. Mr. M.J. Jones was appointed Director of Education on 5th Oct- ober, 1965 having served as Deputy Director of Education since 1st November, 1947, I would again like to thankhim and his staff for their help during theyear. I would also like to thank Her Majesty’s Inspec-