[Report 1938] / School Medical Officer of Health, Norfolk County Council.

  • Norfolk County Council
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / School Medical Officer of Health, Norfolk County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MISCELLANEOUS WORK. 93 swabs were taken in connection with the prevalence of diphtheria, and 3 were positive to K.L.B. Of 43 taken from scarlet fever suspects, 1 shewed the presence of haemolytic streptococci. 48 specimens of hair were examined for ringworm and 27 were positive. 20 candidates were examined for the teaching profession, and. 29 can¬ didates for the Royal Air Force. Following proceedings under the Children and Young Persons Amt, 2(5 children and young persons were examined prior to admission to Approved Schools. 113 applications, under Section 6 of the National Health Insurance (Juvenile Contributors and Young Persons) Act, 1937, were received from medical practitioners for information as to the medical history of young persons accepted for treatment. In 109 instances, the information was supplied, 2 applications were passed to other Authorities as the young persons referred to had last attended an Elementary School within the area of these Authorities, and in the 2 remaining cases no medical records were available. SECONDARY SCHOOLS. (Including Pupil Teacher Centres.) There are 11 Secondary Schools the Authority and 6 aided :— Provided. Dereham High—Girls. Diss Secondary—Mixed Downham Secondary—Mixed Fakenham Secondary—Mixed North Walsham High—Girls in the County, 5 being provided by Aided. King’s Eynn Grammar—Boys King’s Lynn High—Girls Swaffham Grammar—Boys Thetford Grammar—Boys Thetford Grammar—Girls North Walsham Grammar—Boys. The Pupil Teacher Centre at Melton Constable was closed at Christmas, 1937, and the pupils were transferred to the Dereham Centre. This latter Centre was closed in July, 1938, and the pupils were transferred to the Norwich Centre. MEDICAL INSPECTION. With the exception of one school where the medical inspection has been conducted “en bloc” in the Autumn term, all the Secondary Schools are visited each term and certain forms examined, female Medical Officers visiting the Girls’ Schools. All pupils in school are thus examined during the year. The pupils at the Norwich Pupil Teacher Centre were examined during the Autumn Term. FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION. The number of routine examinations was slightly increased. Defects noted for treatment shewed a decrease, but defects under observation were increased. Cases of slightly sub-normal nutrition were increased by 60, giving a percentage of 8T5 as compared with 5*69 the previous year. This increase is largely due to cases of sub-normal nutrition found amongst entrants.