[Report 1933] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council.

  • Essex County Council
Date:
1933
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Credit: [Report 1933] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Committee’s 15 places at the Ogilvie School, Clacton, have continued to be occupied. 31 children, (boys, 17 ; girls, 14,) have received a course of treatment and of these 22 were new entrants. Advantage is taken from time to time of .sending children for short periods of convalescence to other Homes and Schools outside the County. 14. Full-time Courses of Higher Education for Blind, Deaf, Defective and Epileptic Students. 41 students received training during the year, viz., 31 blind, 9 crippled and 1 epileptic. Of the seven pu])ils who completed training during the year, .six were admitted to the Blind Home Workers’ Scheme and one is employed at the Barclay work- shops, Loudon. 15. Nursery Schools. There are no nursery schools j^rovided by the Education Committee, but the matter is under consideration. 16. Secondary Schools and other Institutions of Higher Education. (See also para. 1). The accommodation and number of schools maintained by the Committee are the same as for 1932. There has, however, been an increase of scholars, there being 3,340 boys and 4,891 girls in attendance as compared to 3,291 and 4,750 respectively in the previous year. There are 8 Technical and Art Schools, with 1,267 on books (boys, 928 and girls, 339), which is also an increase in the numbers for 1932. In addition, 11 aided Secondary Schools with 3,782 on books (boys, 2,848 ; girls, 934), together with 9 other recognised schools with 1915 scholars on books. Routine inspections of scholars have been on the lines of previous years; 4,729 were subjected to routine examination. There were 900 re-inspections and 134 special inspections made. The difference in the numbers examined from that of the previous year is accounted for by the altered Regulations of the Committee ^ in regard to the examination of entrants to Secondary Schools. ' The results of routine examination of children are shown in Table II 8. Scrutiny of this shows that 556 scholars or 12 per cent, were referred for treatment, an appreciable decrca.se from the figure 21.9 per cent, referred for 1932. .\s in previous years, the bulk of these arc for defective vision and conditions of the uo.se and throat. Following up has been similar to that of previous years. During the year the Committee carefully considered the question of providing for the medical inspection of scholars in the 7 deficiency aided .secondary schools and decided to offer the Governors the great advantage of this. I’liis oiler has been accepted in the case of six of these schools, with 2,027 pupils on books.