[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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    ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS Ortho])a'(lic clinics ware Iicld in I^evcrley, 15rid 1 inton, Hull, Malton, Scaid)oroivh and Yo:rk at which 192 children, oif whom 2G were new^ cases, made 218 attendances. d'welve children were at some time in-patients at the Adela Sliaw^ Orthopaaliic Hospital, Kirhymoorside. llight of these were admitted and ten were discharged. SPEECH THERAPY Chi'klren found at i)eriodic medical Lnsj^ections to require speech therapy are referred to one of the C'ounty’s speech therapiists. From January, 1955, the ecpiiva'lcnt of 2.7 full-time speech therapists were employed throughout the year and there were 129 children on the waiting list for speech therapy at the end of the year. Cliinlos weire held at 17 centres in the County (see talble, j)age GG). J'he clini(‘s at Harlhy, Fulford, Howden, Mark'^t Weighton, Norton and Pocklington were closed when Mrs. Souch left the service o£ the County on the 81st October, 1955. The clinic at Withernsea was transferred from the Couneil Buildings to the High School, and new clinics w^re opened at the Longcroft County Secondary School and at the Schooil Clinic, Beverley. Thii*ee hundred and sixty-nine chiklren made 4,857 attendances and in addition 49 children were given individual treatment in their own homes. The types of defect receiving treatment are as foUlows : — Stammer 117 Dyslalia 217 Cleft Palate 17 Cerebral Palsy 8 Other defects 29 Total 388 REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL SCHOOL DENTAL OFFICER Numericailly the staff reached its highest level since the inception of this dental service, and was maintained at Oine principal dental officer, five whole-time assistant dental officers and three part-time dental officers. Each of the whole-time dental officers carried out their duties in a mobile clinic; Mr. Champlin was responsible for the southern part of the county, Mr. Jones worked the noirth-eastern area and Miss Cripps the south-eastern, while Mr. Gray and Mr. Kelly covered the western side. Messrs. Beddoes and Booth worked two ,sessions in the Beverley Clinic and Mrs. Howard six sessions weekly in the Bridlington Clinic. During the last few years changes in the staff have been most frequent in the western side of the County and this has caused regular inspection