[Report 1937] / School Medical Officer of Health, Dukinfield Borough.

  • Dukinfield (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / School Medical Officer of Health, Dukinfield Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Report. TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. Mr. Chninnan. Mrs. Hinchliffe and Genllemen, I have the honour of presenting my fifth Annnal Report upon the Health of the Dukinfield School Children. A close study of the tables included in the report will give some indication of the variety and scope of the present daj^ School Medical Services, and the reader will be led to realise that the aim of the services is threefold, namely (a) To seek out and remedy any ill health. (b) 'ho discover the reason for and cause of an3^ ill health. (c) And most important of all, to prevent ill health in the school population. The subjects under special consideration during the 3^ear have been 1. Nutrition, (page 12). It is regrettable to note that nearly one quarter of the school children show sufficient signs of ill health as to cause them to be in the undernourished group. 2, The Dental Clinic. A special report upon the dental services has been intro- duced at the request of the Board of Education, (page 20) I wish to record my full appreciation and thanks to the members of the Education Committee, and to all who have interested themselves in, and helped to improve, the health of the school children of this Borough. I am, Yours obedientU^, COLIN STARKIE, School Medical Ojficer. 1