[Report 1951] / School Medical Officer of Health, Coventry.
- Coventry (England). City Council.
- Date:
- 1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / School Medical Officer of Health, Coventry. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE 1951 ANNUAL REPORT To the Right Worshipful the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the City of Coventry. Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is again my privilege to present my Annual Report on the work of the School Health Service for 1951. The past year has been an interesting one from many points of view. We were fortunate to have the continual services of four full-time Assistant School Medical Officers and a Senior Assistant throughout the year and this was the means of making steady progress. There is, however, a rapidly increasing volume of work and we have not as yet mastered the long waiting lists of certain handicapped categories who are to be ascertained. The school population in Coventry, including an estimate of children attending private and independent schools, was approxi- matelv 42,003 in December, 1951, which compared with 40,236 in December, 1950. The former figure shows a steady increase and emphasises the sice of the problem ivith which we have to deal. The numbers of specialist clinic sessions were again increased slightly, and the peripheral school clinics continued to operate where necessary. The Child Tubercidosis Contact Clinic established in 1950, for the examimition of child contacts of tubercidosis and to augment other provisions available at the Chest Clinic^ achieved some usefid results, during the year. The Anti-tuberculosis Cam- paign (B.C.G.), sponsored by the Medical Research Council, for school leavers, began in Coventry in 1951. Dr. ]. Hughes paid several visits to Coventry schools and he examined 1,700 school leavers and innoculated 412. The scheme, which is still in opera- tion, necessitates many follow-up visits by Health Visitors. We are happy to report that to date the response to B.C.Q. vaccination in Coventry compares favourably with that elsewhere in the Midlands. A more detailed report on this scheme and on the work of the Child Tuberculosis Contact Clinic appears later in the report. The following specialist and auxiliary sessions were held at the Central School Clinic, Gidson Road:— Child Tuberculosis Contact Clinic Chiropody Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic Heart and Rheumatic Clinic Ophthalmic and Orthoptic Clinics Speech Therapy. c](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29124529_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
