[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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    Pkrsonxel Examinations of Personnel Personnel submitting Specimens Examinations of Specimens Initial I Re-examination Total Total Satisfactory j Unsatisfactory i 391 ; 459 850 831 841 839 2 In five cases the clinical examinations were unsatisfactory. A Supervisory Assistant, who had also refused to submit a specimen for laboratory exami¬ nation, was found to be suffering from Chronic Otitis Media, and it was recommended that her appointment should be terminated. A Canteen Helper was discovered to be suffering from Dermatitis of the hands, and termi¬ nation of her appointment was also recommended. Two other Canteen Helpers were found to be suffering from dermatitis of the arms and they were therefore suspended. One of these Helpers was subsecpiently re-examined by the Assistant School Medical Officer and pronounced fit to return to dut3^ but the other left the emplojraent of the Countv Council. The person and clothes of a worker indicated a lack of cleanliness. The Assistant School Medical Officer who carried out the examination, re-examined the worker after a short interval and reported a \itxy considerable improvement. The bacteriological examination of two of the laborator\' s]^ecimens disclosed an unsatisfactory if not an actually dangerous state of affairs. One specimen was found to contain the Shigella Sonnei, the other tiie Salmonella Anatum. As both of tliese organisms are liable to give rise to food poisoning the two Workers concerned were suspended until a series of negative s{>ecimens liad been obtained. Due to the fact that 21 schools remained unvisited by the Assistant School Medical Officers during the year 1951, it was not possible to offer examination to the staff emplo^^ed in the Canteens at the schools concerned and, in consequence, of tlie 1,062 Canteen Workers engaged in the School Meals Service, 855 only were examined. SUMMER CAMPS Summer Camps for senior ])upils were again organised during the months of May, June and July. Accommodation for over 30 pupils is available at each of two Camps—both situated at Nasli Court, near Ludlow. A total of 535 pupils passed through these Camps, 276 boys and 259 girls. All the pupils were examined prior to admission—initially b\^ the local School Nurse and on the morning prior to departure for the Camp by an Assistant School Medical Officer—and certified to be free from infection or verminous infestation before being allowed to proceed. Medical attendance was provided when necessary by a Medical Practitioner resident nearb}'. Nursing of minor conditions was provided b}' tlie District Nurse at 4'enbur\x Each Camp was also \usited weekl}^ b\' an Assistant Superintendent Nursing Officer. HOSPITAL AND SPECIALIST SERVICES Children found to be suffering from defects recjuiring either the advice of a Consultant or treatment in hospital are referred to the following hospitals, all of which come under the Birming¬ ham Regional Hospital Board. Children suffering from chest conditions are seen in the first instance bv a Cliest Physician at one of the Chest ('linics.