[Report 1908] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bath City.

  • Bath (England). City Council. n 88625001.
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bath City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Clerk numbers each sheet, using italic figures for the consecutive •sheet number and Roman characters for the Department number. The names of the children are also numbered consecutively, the same numbers are used on the inspection cards, and on the “ Personal, Age Group Sheet,” which records all the details of the Inspection Cards, e.xcept the names and addresses. These numbers are also used for specimens of hairs, etc., taken from children, in this way the confidential character of the records is assured while classifying in the office. To identify a child reference may be made to the school list, but if the birthday and school are known the child can be easily recognised on comparing the records. It may also be found from the Health Office alphabetical index of persons. The date and hour of inspection are added to the list, two, three or four children being allocated to each half hour of the school day. Forty- five infants or twenty-five older children may be examined in one day. The ‘‘ Invitations to Parents” are addressed by the clerk and sent to the Head Teacher, for distribution by the children or by post. The invita- tions for each day are placed in separate envelopes and marked for distribution two days before the inspection. The “ School List ” is next sent to the Medical Inspector of School Children with the necessary number of Inspection Cards, and the list is taken to the school for the use of the teacher who sends the children to the Inspection Room, being afterwards returned to the Health Office, and kept there for reference. Immediately after each inspection the Inspection Cards are sent to the Health Office, with a list of children who are to be officially excluded from School. At present exclusion is chiefly on account of ringworm. The School Medical Officer signs the necessary certificates for exclusion and sends them to the Head Teacher. The ink r>ow used for writing on the cards is the ordinary blue or violet ink of commerce. This yields good copy to thin paper moistened with spirit and water, and twenty or more cards may be copied at one time either on loose sheets or in a copying book. A second transfer copy may be obtained on replacing the cards with moistened paper or cards, and again pressing, but to obtain good results special ink is needed for multiple copies. This method is much quicker than copying by hand and free from error. All the details given on the Inspection Cards are also copied on “ Per- sonal, Age Group Sheets,” excepting names and addresses. One line suffices for each child, and the records for 20 children are kept on one sheet, if there are so many children of that age period attending the school. The records are summarised on the same sheet in five classes :—i. Excellent; 2, Good or above the average, super-normal; 3, Normal ; 4, Poor, below the average, sub-normal, but probably remediable while attending school ;