[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.
- Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1950
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(b) A study of the records of the 18 delinquents who have been in our hands since September 1948 gives striking confirmation of D. H. Stott’s findings in “ Delinquency and Human Nature ' (Carnegie Trust, 1950). PARTIALLY DEAF CIALDREN. Miss Muriel Scott continued to act as a full time officer in connec- tion with the ascertainment of deafness and training of partially deaf children. Her work maintained that degree of skill and zeal that she has led all to expect. She has reported as follows on the work of the year. — During the year testing of the hearing of school children has con- tinued and the majority of the Junior and Senior Schools are covered; the survey should be complete by December, 1951. We are again indebted to the Headteachers and Staff of the Schools for their help and to the Senior School Nurse for the efficient way in which she has conducted the testing. Result of the Survey to date. Total No. No. referred No. No. requiring tested for re-test re-tested special classes 1949 1,870 370 182 45 1950 2,117 428 210 40 3,987 798 392 85 The total number of children referred from other sources is 80 as can be seen below. E.N.T. Medical School Surgeon Psychiatrist M.O. 13 10 38 Head Probationary Teachers Officer Parents 16 1 2 Treatments given throughout the year. Speech and Lip- Reaiiing training following ascer- tainment of total deafness 3 Speech and Lip- Iveading training following ascer- tainment of jiartial deafness 20 Li])-Reading only folloudng partial deafness 81 Speech trainin: for children with speech defect only 15 PHYSICAL TRAINING. The work of Physical Education in the schools has been main- tained. The resignation of the Organiser has resulted in some loss of specialist advice to schools, as the general shortage of qualified teachers of physical training has prevented the Authority from appointing a successor, in spite of two attempts by advertisement. The enthusiasm of teachers has continued unabated and local courses arranged for them were very well attended. A number of teachers also attended specialist courses arranged by the Ministry and other organisations.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29149319_0099.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
