[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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![The following statistics give an indication of the work of the Department during the last ten years. BRIEF SURVEY OF THE WORK OF THE SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE DURING THE YEARS 1944-1954. Staff. i) Assistant Medical Officers 1944. 1949. 1950. 1951. 1952. 1953. 1954. 25 27 27 29 28 31 i) Consultants 1 4 4 4 4 5 5 li) Dental Surgeons 1211 12 13 9 9 11 10 v) School Nurses 27§§ no 119 125 127 130 124 Medical Inspection. (i) Routine Examinations 14,214 33,668 29,232 28,973 31,381 34,746 31,360 ii) Special Examinations 1,934 8,030 8,341 9,550 9,155 9,060 6,923 rii) Re-examinations 7,782 28,455 24,931 20,147 18,269 23,543 21,805 Totals 23,930 70,153 62,504 58,670 58,805 67,349 60,088 Dental Inspection. (i) No. of children inspected by ' School Dentists 15,359 36,828 51,479 35,790 31,765 36,550 27,426 Treatment. ii) No. of Treatment Centres . . 34 50 48 51 53 55 58 lil -Attendances at School Clinics. (a) Dental . . 19,032 48,942 48,970 38,871 42,498 48,254 52,575 (6) Refraction 4,613 11,824 12,068 10,862 11,741 11,509 11,686 (f) Orthopaedic .. 2,306 11,011 10,066 12,170 11,140 14,537 14,285 .<f) Minor ailments — 12,757 10,797 9,241 9,140 8,698 7,620 id Speech Therapy — 3,526 3,641 5,144 8,853 12,392 13,900 Totals 25,951 88,060 85,542 76,288 83,372 95,390 100,066 i' Treatment. (a) No. of teeth extracted 16,965 41,552 49,245 33,809 34,358 36,146 37,926 [b] No. of fillings .. 5,835 13,592 10,987 7,654 9,485 11,651 13,896 (c) No. of other operations 3,292 10,410 6,740 6,590 7,445 8,194 8,635 I Totals 26,092 65,554 j 66,972 48,053 51,288 55,991 60,457 School Nurses. 1' No. of examinations of chil- dren at school for uncleanli- ness .. .. j 265,111 290,576 j 298,550 310,127 333,824 325,939 320,366 i No. of re-examinations . . 1 27,158 77,789 j 75,637 76,542 77,867 24,921 22,189 i No. of \Tsits paid to homes.. 33,517 36,065 28,104 27.761 1 28,072 24,693 1 19,905 ; Including two temporart- Assistant School Medical Officers. Including two trained Orthopaedic Xurses (one temporary) and eight temporary School Nurses. Including four temporart- Assistant Dental Officers (three part-time). The figures for 1949 to 1954 relating to Staff are expressed in terms of equivalent full-time officers and include time ‘■•>ted to general health services. Details in respect of the Rhondda Excepted District are also included.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28844853_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
