[Report 1938] / School Medical Officer of Health, Salford.

  • Salford (England). Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / School Medical Officer of Health, Salford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    B.—Diseases of the Eye. Boys. Girls. Total, iMusclc Disorders—' Nystagmus. — -—■ — Squint. 216 168 384 ],)isease of the Conjunctive and Lids— Conjunctivitis. 41 33 74 Blepharitis. 4 1 5 Meibomian Cvst. _ —• — Disease of the Cornea—■ Nebule. — — — Keratitis. 4 8 4 Ulcer.. 6 14 Disease of the Lens— Cataract. Other Defects. 10 3 13 Open-air Schools. Tlic Erederick Road Day School, which provides accommodation for 70 delicate children, rvas opened on the 28th August, 1916, in the open shed and premises in the David I^ewis Recreation Ground. Additional improvements were made to the school in 1933. The Barr Hill Day School, which provides accommodation for 100 delicate children, w'as opened on the 30th Mav, 1924. Owing to the original plan in 1924 having to be curtailed, the kitchen has to be used as the teachers’ room and medical inspection room, which is unsatisfactory. Delicate children, from 5 to 14 years of age, are admitted, and are daily conveyed to and from the open-air schools, free of charge, bv a service of special tramcars. Children arrive at school at 9 o’clock a.m. and remain the wdiole day, leaving at p.m. during the summer, and 4-30 p.m. in the winter. 1 he children admitted to the Open-air Schools are selected by examination by the Medical Staff, and the parents are urged to get any defects, such as enlarged tonsils and adenoids, or decayed teeth, remedied before admission to the schools.