[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Bolton County Borough.

  • Bolton (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Bolton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN Five hundred and ninety-nine children were examined for employment mtside school hours. Twenty-three children applied for Juvenile Performers’ Licences under the Employment of Children in Entertainment Rules. The ype of employment was as follows:— No. OF Children Newspaper delivery 570 Entertainments 23 Shop or Store Assistants 14 Milk Delivery 8 Grocers’ Assistants 5 Butchers’ Assistants 2 Total 622 All the children were passed as being medically fit for employment. MEDICAL INSPECTION OF PUPILS ATTENDING )IRECT GRANT AND INDEPENDENT GRAMMAR SCHOOLS School medical officers carry out routine medical inspection of pupils ttending one direct grant grammar school and one independent grammar chool in the borough. The following table shows the number of pupils ispected and the number found to require treatment. Age Groups Inspected (by year of birth) Number of pupils inspected Pupils foun treat] for defective vision (excluding squint) d to require ment for other conditions Total individual pupils with defects 1955 and later 2 1 1 1 1954 12 2 1 2 1953 1 - - — 1952 3 - - _ 1951 2 - - - 1950 2 - - _ 1949 7 1 - 1 1948 22 1 1 2 1947 20 4 2 5 1946 2 - - - 1945 and earlier 123 25 9 32 Totals 196 34 14 43