[Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Guernsey.
- Guernsey (Channel Islands). Council.
- Date:
- 1968
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Guernsey. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICES—1968 During 1968 the work of the Education Council's School Medical Services proceeded smoothly and a total of 2,112 routine medical examinations were conducted In addition 334 school children attended the School Medical Officer’s clinics at Lukis House. The tables below give these figures in greater detail and the work of the ancillary clinics, orthoptics, speech therapy, child guidance and E.N.T. is also recorded. There has been one addition to the staff: in ]uly 1968 Miss M. G. Robilliard M.B.E., S.R.N., S.C.M., H.V. Certificate was appointed to the newly created post of Senior Health Visitor/School Nurse and we welcome her to the department. An important development during the year arose from a decision by the Elementary Schools Sub-Committee of the Council in April. It was decided to offer the facility of regular medical examinations by the School Medical Officers to pupils attending private schools. Steps were taken to implement this decision during the following term and the response has demonstrated that many parents have welcomed this new policy. By the end of the academic year 1968/69 this facility will have been made available to every private school in the island. The increased work-load is within the capacity of the existing staff and there is every reason to regard this as a progressive development which has been achieved without detriment to the existing services available to children attending the Education Council’s Schools. Children examined at schools ... 1,725 Children examined at Lukis House ... ... 387 2,112 Children attending Lukis House clinics ... 334 2,446 Children examined at school (1,725) Boys Girls Total Infants 393 415 808 Junior 313 312 625 Senior .. 143 149 292 Children ... 849 876 1,725 Children examined at Lukis House (387) Boys Girls T otal Infants 22 24 46 Juniors ... ... ... ... 13 13 26 Senior 178 137 315 Children 213 174 387 4i](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29269775_0043.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
