[Report 1954] / School Medical Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council.
- Glamorgan (Wales). County Council. nb2014013905.
- Date:
- 1954
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1954] / School Medical Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![1. School Medical Inspection. When the School Health Service came into being, more than forty years ago, periodic inspection pupils was its primary function. Medical defects are still sometimes brought to notice for the first tir at these inspections. Health education of parents has made them more aware of the importance of t health of their children and it is now very uncommon for serious conditions to remain undetected un school age. However, periodic inspections in schools still have a useful purpose and the interview betwe the parent and the school doctor gives anxious parents an opportunity of discussing the health of th' child, even although there is no physical condition which would normally justify a medical consultatic The School Health Service could be of immense value in the study of the normal child. It is becomi more and more apparent that normality extends over a wide range but research into normality is si inadequate. General Condition. The following table shows the percentage of children who have on routine inspection been classifi as of poor general condition :— Percentage of Pupils Categorised as of Poor Nutrition, 1950-54. Division Entrants 2nd Age Group 3rd A ige Gr DUp 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1950 195! 1952 1953 1954 1950 1951 1952 1953 Aberdare and Mountain Ash . . 0-56 0-81 0-61 017 0-16 Nil 1-37 1-40 0-23 0-79 0-55 1-89 0-31 0-57 Caerpliilly and Gelligaer 7-20 9-85 6-92 4-95 310 12-76 12-07 10-02 5-76 2-46 6-30 5-08 4-48 2-49 Mid-Glamorgan 1-98 2-52 3-57 1-53 0-51 2-84 5-96 5-26 3-51 0-63 1-42 1-66 2-30 0-62 Xeath and District 5-43 318 2-95 2-27 1-63 3-04 1-06 2-16 2-90 0-91 1-53 1-60 7-51 3-25 Pontj’pridd and Llantrisant . . 2-61 5-18 4-19 219 1-41 7-82 10-35 3-72 6-84 1-89 9-63 17-83 1-53 1-65 Port Talbot and Glyncorrwg. . 4-00 2-42 2-08 1-39 Ml 11-61 7-14 6-01 1-64 1 -28 4-44 4-57 3-47 0-89 South-East Glamorgan 1-39 1-32 2-75 2-89 1-71 4-20 9-46 7-40 3-64 2*55 8-54 11 -93 5-67 8-89 West Glamorgan 2-56 1-84 210 2*32 I-31 4-51 3-86 2-90 2-61 1-16 2-35 2-21 1-54 1-97 Rhondda 0-58 0-95 1-20 519 3-13 0-72 1-.38 2-32 4-69 1-75 0-50 Nil 2-45 1-92 Whole Administrative County 2-33 2-87 2-69 2-44 1-38 4-87 6-54 4-71 3-83 1-46 3-44 5-20 2-79 2-61 When the statistics for the County are reviewed as a whole it will be seen that there has be a reduction in the percentage assessed as of poor general condition. Detailed scrutin}^ of the table reve considerable variation in the figures, but it is very probable that the variation is a false one and is caus by the differing .standards adopted by the inspecting medical officers. No conclusions, can, therefore, drawn from the individual figures. 2. Milk and Meals in School. The ])rf)vision of milk and meals to school children has played an important part in the improveme in ])liysif)ue of school children.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28844853_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
