[Report 1948] / School Medical Officer of Health, Manchester.
- Manchester (England). Council.
- Date:
- 1948
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1948] / School Medical Officer of Health, Manchester. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![IMMUNISATION The arrangements for the immunising of school children agains diphtheria were continued as in previous years and 202 children wer treated at School Clinics. I MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CASES In accordance with previous practice, the Maternity and Chil Welfare Clinics referred children, who are under school age, to tl School Clinics for certain forms of treatment. The number of cas< dealt with during the year was 165, the majority being children wil defective vision and ear disease. MOBILE SHOWER UNIT The scheme for providing warm showers to children in certa schools has been continued throughout the year, with the exception a number of stoppages due to extremely cold days, defects in mec anism, and illness amongst the staff. Resignations of staff occasiona interfered with the work from time to time. Different schools wi selected in areas where the children live in houses generally witho| baths, and, in many cases, without even installations for heating wati Each school is visited once a fortnight. The temporary cubicles whi' are erected in the schoolyard enable 16 children to have a warm sho simultaneously, two children being accommodated in each cubic] Each child has a sterilised brush and a piece of soap. Girls are provi with suitable head covering to prevent their hair becoming wet. children become used to these warm showers out-of-doors, and the] is little reluctance to take them in colder weather. The number of attendances for showers during the year was 19,88 of this total, 9,738 were by boys, and 10,150 by girls. Applications for the visit of the Shower Unit to other schools h been received, but it is considered inadvisable to lengthen the peri] between the visits to a school, where the need is greater, to more tl two weeks. VISIT OF DELICATE CHILDREN TO SWITZERLAND! In the early part of the year an invitation was received from the Cross Society of Switzerland through the Ministry of Health to se| 180 delicate Manchester children to Switzerland for a stay of th| months. The Swiss Red Cross were to act as host, and as far as possij the children were billeted in private homes. The arrangements invobj a considerable amount of work, but the results fully justified the effc expended, and the thanks of the Education Committee, parents children, are extended to the members of the Swiss Red Cross SociJ for the care and supervision of the children whilst they were residj in Switzerland. As a preliminary, the lists of names of children who were in schools for delicate children were taken as a basis. School Null visited the homes and explained the scheme to the parents and asl](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29927845_0062.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
