[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    chiildren aire referred to the seliool cliiniic by the Consailtaiit foT aiulioiiietric examination. Local arraiio-ements are made where possible for partially deaf (•'hild-ren to reeei.ve ]iip-Teadin<^ inslruction, and parents are advised by the niedica'l stall' when a schooil child i;s fmind' to be ])a'rtiaTly <lcaf. No ])erii)atetic teachers ol‘ (he deaf are employed for school chiid'rcn in this area. DISEASE OF THE CHEST AND B.C.G. VACCINATION As a ircs'Uilt of routine exa'ininations 28 children were found to rcfjULrc treatment fod* chest disease. It is essential foir school medical ollicers to he iiiiformed about children wdio attend the various chest clfnics and o'ood liaison between Chest Physieians and school medical officers Is most important. In (‘Cirtain areas a short note is sent to the Divisional Medical Officer about each case after attendance at a eliest clinic. H.C'.C. vaccination was olfered to the 13—It year old age gro'Ui)s of school children in two of the Diviisional Areas of the County, d'he percentage of aecej)tanccs was .59.8. Mantoux testing was carried out in 599 cases a'lid 81.3 })eir cent, of these proved to be negative reactors, and re(piircd B.C.G. vaccination. The percentage of negative reactors has proved to be liigher than was expected and it will be inteiresting to coimpare flits percentage in urban and rural areas when the national figures are available. The following table gives figures of the work done during the year:— No. of No. Mantoux Positive Negative Numiber Acceptors. Tested. Pcaotors. % Reactors. Vaccinated. .599 112 18.7 487 484 In every case where a child is found to 'have a positive reaction to tbe Mantoux Test a home visit is paid by the School Nurse in order to follow-up possible family sources of infection, and arrange- ments aire made with the Miniature Mass Radiography Unit for X-ray examinations to be carried out on all household contacts who are willing to attend. The response to these requests has been very satisfactory. UNCLEANLINESS Routine In^giene insi)ections are carried out by the school nurses at least once per term in each school, unless circumstances indicate that more frequent inspections a,re necessary. A total of 77,416 individual examinationis were cairried out and 607 pupils were found to be infested by nits or vermin. The percentage of pupils infested iis thus 2.01, but many of these have relatively mild degrees of infestation. Home visits are made by the school nurse in each case to giive advice about the treatment and prevention. Cleansing notices were served in respect of 66 childr'en during the year.