[Report 1921] / School Medical Officer of Health, Swinton & Pendlebury.

  • Swinton and Pendlebury (England). Council.
Date:
1921
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Credit: [Report 1921] / School Medical Officer of Health, Swinton & Pendlebury. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Girls. Category A— Boys. Fit for any work appropri¬ ate to age . 220—81.1% 219—80.5% Category B— The healthy child capable 01 work according to its measure o] strength, therefore needing selec¬ tion of work. 28—10.3% 27— 9.9% Category C— The child with some physi¬ cal or mental defect, which debars it from certain employments .. 23— 8.4% 26— 9.5% The figures are an index of the success of the Authority’s scheme for the detection and cure of disease in chiMren. All Category C children are secured such treatment and given such advice as will tend to fit them for a higher grade of employment. In this connection it is instructive to compare the numbers rejected by the Factory Surgeon for employment in factories. Table shewing the number of children rejected by the Certifying Factory Surgeon during October, November, and December, 1921. [a] Infantile Paralysis . 1 {h) Pediculosis. 4 (r) Tuberculosis Lungs .. . . 2 {d) Organic Heart Disease . I {e) Defective Vision, uncorrected. I (/) Under age. 6 Total number rejected 15—5.5% Total number examined 271— In addition to these, 12 were notified with certain reservation as to employment and treatment, e.g. : 3 for Defective Vision ; 8 Anaemia ; 1 Tuberculosis Lung. The Factory Surgeon consults with the Juvenile Em¬ ployment Committee regarding such children as are re¬ jected with the object of obtaining suitable employmenc. Cases rejected are commonly found to have contracted illness or other disability, e.g., Pediculosis, subsequent to leaving school.