[Report 1948] / School Medical Officer of Health, South Shields County Borough.

  • South Shields (Durham, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / School Medical Officer of Health, South Shields County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A review of the f igures sliowed the best schools to have a percentage of uncleanliness varying from 4.0to 8.8% while the worst figures showed that four schools had more than 40% uncleanliness. The state of cleanliness of the children is still far from satisfactory. This, in spite of the thorough survey and following-up of unclean cases by the school nurses, the use of special steel Sacker’s combs and the application of D.D.T. preparations. There is no doubt that home conditions and the lack of proper care by the parents are chiefly to blame. Tuberculosis, There was a slight increase in both pulmonary and non-pulmonary types of tuberculosis as compared with 1947. The figures are a summary of the notifications of tuberculosis received by the medical officer of health, or otherwise ascertained. ; 1947 1948 Age-(froup. Pulmonary Pulmonary 5—10 years Boys 7 Girls 6 Boys 2 Girls 9 10—15 years 2 r' 0 2 9 l^otal 20 22 Non - Pu Imon ar v Non-Pulmonary 5—10 vears . 4 6 5 8 10—15 vears 4 1 1 ,S Total 15 1 7 Following-Up. The health visitors paid 1,081 visits to homes of school children to ascertain whether the necessary treatment was being obtained, 109 visits in connection with uncleanliness, 752 visits after surgical and dental treatment, 98 in connection with orthopaedic cases, 5(f2 regarding educationally subnormal children and 58 other visits.