[Report 1935] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cambridge.

  • Cambridge (England). Council.
Date:
1935
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    / is' «) .-2JVJL 1935 Public Health Department, Guildhall, Cambridge. April 4th, IQ35. To the Chairman and Members of the Local Education A uthority. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present for your consideration the 27th Annual Report upon the medical inspection of the elementary school children in Cambridge. This year is notable for the appointment of a third whole-time dentist. Dental work in the schools was definitely falling into arrears, and owing to this it became necessary to curtail seriously what is required for the pre-school child and the expectant and nursing mother. With a third dentist arrears of school work will soon be overtaken, and the full scheme for the work of the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee can again be resumed. The great increase in the numbers of children having milk in school is another notable feature of the year. The greatest credit is due to the school teachers, who have contributed so much to the success of this scheme, and whose enthusiastic reports of the results are so encouraging. Another interesting happening during the year was the appoint- ment of two Instructors of Physical Education, who took up their work in September, 1934. With regard to infectious disease, the Committee will note with satisfaction that only two cases of diphtheria occurred in the schools. It is difficult to get parents to have their children immunised against this disease in the absence of any alarm, but the numbers done have doubled in 1934, and every effort is made to get parents to avail themselves of the facilities offered for the protection of their children. In the preparation of the report I am greatly indebted to Dr. Smyth for much of the text, and to Mr. Lambert and Miss Wallis for the statistical part. I am, Your obedient Servant, ANDREW J. LAIRD, School Medical Officer.