[Report 1951] / School Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / School Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    u The following table gives particulars of the results of the examination of samples taken during 1951 :— Examination of School Milk Supplies, Samples Examination Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Total No. Percentage No. Percentage Bacteriological 354 320 90 34 10 Biological 59 58 98 1 2 As a result of the examination of the lierd from which the unsatisfactory biological sample referred to was derived, one cow was slaughtered in accordance with the provisions of the Tuberculosis Order, 1938. Tubercular Adenitis.—Arrangements have been made by the School Medical Officer for all cases of Tubercular Adenitis in children to be notified to him by the Chest Physicians, to enable an investigation to be made in each case into both the school and home milk supplies. During 1951, Tubercular Adenitis was reported in 9 school children, and samples of milk from 19 sources (11 domestic and 8 school supplies) were obtained by the Sanitary Officers of the County Health Department and examined for tlie presence of tubercle bacilli. One domestic supply was found to be positive, and as a result of the examination by Veterinary Inspectors of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of the herd from which this milk was derived, one cow was slaughtered under the provisions of the Tuberculosis Order, 1938. SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE SCHOOLS In a Rural County it is quite impossible to attain anything like uniformity of standard in the sanitary circumstances of the Schools, varying as they do in size, and situated as they are both in urban and rural surroundings. Many of the older Schools fall far short of what is required in the matter of lighting, heating and ventilation, and the nature of the sanitary conveniences provided in certain instances can only partly be justified by the limitations imposed by^ the absence of ]')ublic services in the localities in which the Schools are situated. Under the post-war School Building Programme provision was made, as a long term polic^y for the closure of certain of the older Schools where the conditions were least satisfactory, and for the construction of new Schools, either to replace tliosc scheduled for closure or to accommodate the increased number of pupils which has resulted from the raising of the school leaving age. Owing, however, to the need for curtailing works involving capital expenditure, the long term building programme has had to be modified, and only certain priority school buildinjr work is at present being undertaken.