[Report 1946] / School Medical Officer of Health, Lanark County Council.

  • Lanarkshire (Scotland). County Council
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / School Medical Officer of Health, Lanark County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In the past year, 24 children were submitted for special examination and the recommendations of the Specialists attended to. Rehabilitation Scheme. Owing to the operation of the Disabled Persons Act, the need for this scheme is very much less than formerly. Most of the cases previously affected by this scheme are now provided for by this Act. It is a routine practice of the School Medical Officers to co-operate with the Ministry of Labour by filling in the forms which will secure inclusion of crippled children in the benefits of the Disabled Persons Act. The number of children dealt with under the Rehabilitation Scheme was as follows :— Number of children offered facilities ... ... ... 3 Number of children accepting facilities ... ... 3 Number of children presented to Ministry of Labour 3 Number of children accepted for Rehabilitation (one was deferred) ... ... ... ... ... 2 MINIATURE MASS RADIOGRAPHY. Following on the mass radiography of children of 15 years and over which was carried out in the year previous, it was thought that a similar examination of 12-year-old children would be very instructive. The mass radiography was carried out by arrangement with the County Public Health Department. The supervision of the arrangements for the examination of the children and the interpretation of the films taken and re-examinations, if necessary, were under the control of Dr. L. Lang, of the County Public Health Department. The children were drawn from schools in the Cambuslang and Rutherglen areas which were convenient to the siting of the miniature radiographic unit. In the following paragraphs will be found an account of this interesting survey:— The survey was carried out from 22/1/47 to 25/2/47, by private bus transport from the schools to the unit at the Junior Instruction Centre, Janebank, Cambuslang. The co-operation of Headmasters was excellent, and the arrangements for taking miniature and large films and for clinical examinations proved satisfactory.
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