[Report 1945] / School Medical Officer of Health, Manchester.
- Manchester (England). Council.
- Date:
- 1945
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1945] / School Medical Officer of Health, Manchester. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![iPAf ■HI • 1 itii Xff Ivffl Cttt \£3] If h !CIC 3DC lui :c Sports An Athletic Sports Meeting was held at the Didsbury School field, on Saturday, 30th June. Heavy rain spoiled some of the events and made ground conditions difficult. The competitors, however, refused to be put off and the whole programme was completed. Girls’ Games The Manchester and District Junior Netball League have had a successful season, 14 Youth Organisations enjoying games throughout the winter. Several members of the teams in the league played in County trials and 8 were selected to represent Manchester and District in the final trials at Preston. During the summer, the league ran a Rounders Section, 9 mixed teams and 5 girls’ teams joined and played their fixtures. Some joined in two rallies held at Ladybarn School. Eight mixed teams and 4 girls’ teams had an enjoyable afternoon at Whalley Range when the National Rounders’ Association held a competitive rally to decide the champions of Manchester and District. The general standard of play was better than in previous years. Ladybarn Youth Centre’s mixed team, winners of last year’s Rally and composed of keen players, who travelled as far as Kendal to play Rounders, defeated St. John and St. Thomas’ Youth Club in the final and were successful again at the County Rally, thus becoming the Lancashire representative team. df Physical Education Rally ^ A Physical Education Rally for Girls was held in the College of Technology on the 9th March, when 350 girls from various clubs in Manchester took part in Recreative Gymnastics, Vaulting, Dancing and Games. The standard of work was most encouraging. n v Cf 5J{i MISCELLANEOUS MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS (a) Teachers, Student Teachers, Scholarship Candidates, etc. etc. A very considerable amount of time of Assistant School Medical Officers is absorbed by medical examinations which are not strictly part of school medical inspection or treatment and during the year 513 special examinations were conducted under the above heading. In addition 48 re-examinations were made. (b) Emergency Training and Recruitment of Teachers The School Medical Officer was asked by the Chief Medical Officer to the Ministry of Education whether the Manchester School Health Service could assist in the medical examination of recruits under this scheme and consequently a considerable amount of work was under¬ taken during the year. Approximately 700 candidates were examined, and it became necessary to allocate certain sessions weekly for this work. At the commencement of the year one session weekly was adequate, but the numbers submitted for examination grew so rapidly that for the second period of six months it proved necessary to set aside three special sessions per week. A woman doctor always under¬ took the examination of women candidates.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2992781x_0039.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
