[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Kirkburton U.D.C.
- Kirkburton (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1957
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Kirkburton U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The monthly sessions of the Weighing Centre at Emley have con- tinued, 24 individual children having made 142 attendances, as compared with 16 children making 110 attendances in 1956. Nurseries and Child Minders’ Regulations Act, 1948 One person in the Division was registered as a child minder until December, 1957 when her registration was cancelled because she removed from the area and is now resident abroad. No persons in the Division are now registered under the Act. There are no day nurseries in the Division provided by the County Council and the registration in respect of the private industrial nursery at Thornleigh Hall, Grotton, Saddleworth, was cancelled in February, 1957. SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE Introduction This account of the School Health Service is a Divisional report and is a combination of the reports already presented to the Upper Agbrigg Divisional Executive and the Saddleworth District Sub- Committee. The statistics relate to the whole Division. Schools in the Area There are in the Division 78 schools or separate departments, which include the Royd Edge Special School, Meltham. The approximate number of pupils on the registers in December, 1957, was 12,556 (an increase of 151 as compared with the previous year) and was composed of:—• Infants Juniors Seniors 2,769 5,407 4,380 Of the 71 Primary and “Through” Schools 35 are Voluntary and 36 are County Schools. The distribution is as follows:— Type of School Colne Valley Denby Dale Holm- firth Kirk- burton Mel- tham Saddle- worth Total 1 Schools Pupils Schools Pupils Schools Pupils 1 Schools Pupils Schools Pupils Schools Pupils Schools ■3 ’CM 3 PM Primary 17 2233 9 930 14 1643 13| 1374 5 5371 11 1217 69 7934 Secondary Modem ... — — . 1 749 1 617 11 327 — 1 1 434 4 2127 Through —1 - - — 11 266 — 1 1 192 2 458 Grammar ] — - — 1 713 ~l - — 1 — 1 713 Comprehensive i| 1270 — - - 1 1270 Special — - 1 -1 1 54) — - 1 54 ! All Types is 3503 10 1679 16 2973 15119671 6 5911 13 1843 78 12556 Pupils from Saddleworth attend Hulme, Oldham and Manchester Grammar Schools, but so far as the School Health Service is concerned they are the responsibility of the Oldham County Borough Council, and of the Medical Officers of the Independent Schools. Some pupils from outlying parts of the Division attend Grammar Schools at Mirfield, Penistone, etc. 19a](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29536698_0049.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
