[Report 1958] / School Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / School Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (C) OTHER INSPECTIONS i Special Inspections .. .. .. 1,262 ^ Re-inspections .. .. .. 3,226 ' 4,488 j - I I (D) INFESTATION WITH VERMIN (1) Total number of examinations in the schools by the School Nurses or other authorised persons .. 118,895 (2) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,207 (3) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2), ; Education Act, 1944) .. .. .. ,. .. .. .. .. .. ,. 20 (4) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54(3), Education Act, 1944) .. .. .. .. ., .. .. .. .. .. — TABLE II RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTIONS IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1958 (A) PERIODIC INSPECTIONS Entrants Leavers Others Total s 3de Defect or Disease Requiring: Requiring: Requiring: Requiring: lo. Treatment Observat’n Treatment Observat’n Treatment Observat’n Treatment Observat’n ' 1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) 1 4 Skin 13 47 10 4 21 56 44 107 5 Eyes (a) Vision 96 187 129 24 314 234 539 445 lb) Squint 48 33 2 — 43 38 93 71 (c) Other 5 15 1 2 8 29 14 46 1 6 Ears (a) Hearing .. 3 41 — 5 16 52 19 98 ] {b) Otitis Media 1 55 — 3 5 34 6 92 (c) Other 2 19 1 2 7 25 10 46 7 Nose or Throat 33 371 2 14 41 399 76 784 8 Speech 11 41 1 — 19 37 31 78 9 Lymphatic Glands — 146 1 3 1 121 2 270 0 Heart — 29 1 14 1 56 2 99 1 Lungs 5 106 9 8 110 13 225 2 Developmental:— {a) Hernia .. 2 7 — 1 6 13 8 21 lb) Other 2 26 2 5 3 70 7 101 3 Orthopaedic:— (a) Posture .. 4 12 1 12 43 61 48 85 lb) Feet 6 54 1 7 14 70 21 131 (c) Other 5 87 _ 11 13 107 18 205 4 Nervous System:— (a) Epilepsy .. — 6 1 1 2 5 3 12 lb) Other — 10 1 2 23 2 34 5 Psychological:— (a) Development — 31 — 8 150 68 150 107 lb) Stability .. — 36 — 1 27 56 27 93 6 Abdomen ., 1 22 _ 1 2 28 3 51 7 Other (Dental) 374 83 20 12 322 116 716 211