[Report 1955] / School Medical Officer of Health, Oxford City.
- Oxford (England). City Council. no2012034102.
- Date:
- 1955
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1955] / School Medical Officer of Health, Oxford City. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The Department has been fortunate in being fully staffed until Septem¬ ber ]!k5o when Miss Renfrew, the Chief Speech Therapist, left Oxford to study in the Ihiited States of America for six months. (;) Delicate pupils; that is to say, pupils not falling under any other category in the Regulation who by reason of impaired physical condition need a change of environment or cannot, without risk to their health or educational de\'elopment, be educated under the normal regime of ordin¬ ary schools. Two children are at residential schools: one at the Pilgrims School,. Seaford and the other at the Hillaway Homes, Exmouth, children attended the Open Air School. Opeji Air School The number of children on roll at the school on December 31st was 36, one more than in the previous year. The number of admissions during the year was 12 compared with 11 in 1954 and 17 in 1953. Admissions during 1955 Of the 12 children admitted during the year, 5 had bronchiectasis, 2 were maladjusted (attended until they could be placed in residential schools) and there were single cases of asthma, congenital heart disease, muscular dystrophy, poor nutrition and recurrent upper respiratory infection. Discharges during 1955 11 children were discharged during the year. Condition Number Length of stay Where sent Primary T.B. 3 in terms 15; 8; 5 To ordinary schools Cerebral Palsy 2 9; 3 1 to special school (E.S.N l\Ialadjusted . . 2 1; 1 1 left district 1 to residential school Recurrent upper 2 5; 3 1 left district 1 to ordinary school respiratory infections Astljma 1 6 1 left district To ordinary school Recurrent bronchitis 1 12 To ordinary school Children attending the Open Air School on December 31s/, 1955 A^thma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . If- Bronchiectasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 I'oor Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Congenital heart disease . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Muscular dystrophy . . . . . . . . . . . . 2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29942822_0046.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
