[Report 1946] / School Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Wight.

  • Isle of Wight (England). Council. nb2013008294.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / School Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Wight. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ;) was one lactoi' in maintaining tlic nutritional staiKlard of tlir c hildren, and in incrnasin,t>: their i)roteelion a.t^ainst inlections disc'ase. .\ census of sc hool meals taken on a normal schocfi day during the week conuneticing 14th October, 1946, gtive the follow ing figures : Schools. jXo. Ill No. of Percentage. attendance. meals served, taking meals. Primary 6205 2950 47.56''o Secondary .Modern 1 Secondary (Irammar 2243 1231 54.88”o and Technical ...) 'I'otals ... 8448 4181 O' 00 ; 1 ^ 4 & 5. MEDICAL INSPECTION. All the children in the age groups specified for routine inspection by the Ministry of Education were examined. The numbers examined in each group and some of the findings at these medical inspections are shown in the tables. .STATE OE NUTREITOxN.—Of 3,546 children exam- ined at periodic inspections, the nutrition was classed as excellent in 30.2 per cent (28.5), as normal in 61.2 per cent (63.4), slightly sub-normal in 8.4 per cent (7.8), and bad in 0.2 per cent (0.3). UXCi.EAXElNESS AXD EOEEOVVIXCf Ulb—Ehe nurses carried out fully their following up work, making 1,303 visits to schools and 1,925 home visits ; the number ol’ dressings a]ipliecl in the treatment of minor ailments was 1,995 and the number of examinations for unclean- liness was 26,438. This last figure includes the routine examinations carrit'd out by the nurses as early as prac- ticable after the beginning of each school term and also the re-examinations of children Ibund unclean. In .September 137 (hildren had nits in their hair out ol’ a