[Report 1947] / School Medical Officer, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset Council
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / School Medical Officer, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Return of all Handicapped Children in the Area (continued). IXKinTAlil.K. DOUBLE DEFECTS. Pupils wht) aru L'diicatioiially siih-noniial and who also have some pli)'.sieal defect (c.g., hlind. deaf, epileptic, paralysed or some congenital defect). EPir>EPTIC. M AI.AD.TlSrED. Pupils who show evidence of emotional instability or [isychological di.sturb.anee and requiri' special educational treatment in order to effect their ])ersonal. social or educational re-adjustment. PHYSICAI,1.Y HAND 1 CAPPED. Puj)ils not suffering solely from a defect of sight or hearing who by reason of disease or crippling defect cannot be satisfactorily educated in an ordinary school or cannot be educated in such a school without detriment to their health or educational development. .\L In.slilul ions and Oecupa- lion Centres ... 74 .\t no Scluxd 105 .Vt Primary and Secondary ScIuxpIs 23 .At no Seiiool 13 At Special' Day Schools 1 •At Sipccial Residential Schools 8 -At Primary and .Secondary Schools 24 At no School ... 16 At Special Day Schools — At .Special Boarding Schools... 6 At Primary and Secondary Schools— (i) Resident at home 9 (ii) Resident in hostels ... 21 Ortho- At Primary and Secondary .Schools paedic Heart.? Tub. 18 31 184 .At Special Schools 43 10 16 At no School ... 10 2 7 TREATMENT TABLES. Group 1. - Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness). (a) Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during year. Skin:— Eingworm—Scalp: (i) X-Eay treatment 0 (ii) Other treatment 7 Eingworm—Body 27 Scabies 280 Impetigo ... 628 Other Skin Biseases 439 Eye Disease ... 368 Ear Defetds ... 422 Miscelltmeons 3,732 T’otal 5,908 (5) Total number of attendances at Minor Ailments Clinics . . . 20,614