[Report 1956] / School Health Service, Cornwall County Council.

  • Cornwall (England). County Council. School Health Service.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / School Health Service, Cornwall County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CLEANLINESS The trend of recent years which has shown a decreasing number of cases of infestation has continued in 1956. The number of individual children found to be unclean during the year was 440 which is approxi- mately 0.9% of the school population. The frequency of the periodic cleanliness examinations by the Nurses has been reduced wherever possible, but vigilance is still necessary in many cases. CO-ORDINATION AND CO-OPERATION It is encouraging to report that all members of the School Health Service have enjoyed happy relationships with members of other services of the County Council, and with members of other organ- isations concerned with the care of children. ASCERTAINMENT AND TREATMENT All treatment except Speech Therapy, Child Guidance and Minor Ailments is carried out by the National Health Service, and I am happy to report that with few exceptions there have been no difficulties in the special clinics for school children. One exception has been the loss of school time experienced by children in attending the Orthopaedic Clinics. SPEECH THERAPY The following is a list of the clinics:— Clinic Address Frequency Bodmin Centenary Church Schoolroom weekly Bude The Castle Clinic weekly Camborne The Community Centre weekly Falmouth Health Clinic weekly Helston Meneage House weekly St. Ives Health Clinic weekly I^unceston Health Clinic weekly Liskeard Health Clinic weekly Penzance Health Clinic weekly Saltash The Dental Centre weekly St. Austell Health Clinic weekly Truro County Hall weekly Wadebridge Health Clinic weekly In addition Miss Richards attends 1 half day a week at the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro.
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