[Report 1964] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council.

  • Essex County Council
Date:
1964
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Credit: [Report 1964] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    School Meals Service and School Milk Scheme I am grateful once again to the Chief Education Officer for letting me have the report on the School Meals Service and Milk in Schools Scheme, which appears in Appendix G to this report. I'REATMENT OF DEFECTS (See also Appendix A) Diseases of the Lungs Compared with 293 last year, 260 children examined at periodic medical inspections were referred for treatment because of defects of their lungs and a further 1,211 children were referred for observation because of these defects. Of the number found to require treatment, 116 were examined as school entrants, 107 at intermediate examinations (generally at lO'l 1 years of age) and 43 as school leavers. In addition 150 children were examined at special inspections carried out during the year because of lung defects and of these 62 were referred for treatment and 88 required observation. Those children who are severely enough affected to warrant their being classified as handicapped pupils are admitted to special schools for the delicate or physically handicapped and in this respect the County as a whole con^ tinned to be served by the Ogilvie School, Clacton-on-Sea. I lcart Disease A total of 135 children examined at periodic medical inspections were found to require treatment for heart conditions and 874 were recommended for observation. In addition 20 children brought forward for special examination were found to require treatment for defects of this nature and 41 were recommended for observation. Disea-es of the Ears Hearing. In the course of the year a total of 302 children were discovered at periodic medical inspections to require treatment because of hearing difficulties. Of these, 142 were discovered during their first medical inspection as school entrants and 47 were found among the group leaving school. Otitis Media. Children found at periodic medical inspections to require treatment because of otitis media numbered 118. This figure was a decrease of 23 on the corresponding figure for'the previous year but the incidence (1.6 per 1,000 children examined) was practically the same. Other. The number of children found at periodic medical inspections to require treatment for other defects of the ear increased to 117 from 112 in 19^3, but the number of children referred for treatment following special inspections rose from 114 in 1963 to 146 in 1964.
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