[Report 1973] / School Medical Officer of Health, Southend-on-Sea Borough.

  • Southend-on-Sea (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1973
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Credit: [Report 1973] / School Medical Officer of Health, Southend-on-Sea Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. with impa-ired mental condition No. with external eye diseaises - 54 25 Ao Squint 25 26 B. Sore eyelids 19 22 C. Corneal opacities 8 14 No. -v/ith ear discha^rge No. with enlarged tonsils & possibly 21 19 adenoids 209 189 No. wuth adenoids only No. with defective vision “■ 70 62 A. One eye 44 36 B. Both eves 66 127 No. with contagious skin diseases - A. Ringimorm 9 14 B. Impetigo 22 11 C. Scabies 3 3 No. of parents present 582 736 The body of the report for 1975 shows the situation currently The differences are striking when the relatively short obtaining. time scale is considered and as much due to the alteration in the social structure of Societ^^ following tv70 World Wars and the implementation of the legislation creating the ’’Welfare State”, as due to the improvement in the School Health Sei’^/ice. The School Health Service of the future will be merged with the totality of the Child Health Services of the new Health Authorities and administered on a. geograx)hical will bring new oppcrt'onities and, pupils and stsiff. Ccjuity basis. Hev/ organisations hopefully, better service to the 1 would like to record my sincere appreciation of all ray colleagues, particularly Wr. Bartlett the Chief Education Officer, and my thanks to the Chairman amd Committee Members for their unfaaling courtesy and assistance. My particular thanks to I)r. Barrie and all the staff of the School Health Service. Principal School Medical Officer