[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    117 1 ecommended for special schools. This creates a difficult problem for the teachers as it is only in the larger schools that any attenij)! can be Jiiade to apply segregation. This prol)lem is not one that is limited to the East Hiding, it is being experienced to a greater or lesser degree throughout the country, but the prol)lem in a sparsely poi)ulated county of this type is more difficult to solve as it cannot be met by the provision of day schoid accommodation. Apart, therefore, from the possible |)rovision of small special classes in the few more ])0[)ulous areas the only answer is the provision of a special residential school, and 1 need not dilate on the difficulties associated these days in providing such accom- modation, especially in view of the heavy demands to improve the accommodation and facilities for the normal (diildren who form the majority of the schocd poj)ulation. It must not be thought, however, I hat in the absence of special educational facilities time spent on the ascertainment of educationally sub-normal childien is wasted. At the least these children can be specially watched ami sometimes helped in various wavs and they are, in any event, carefulh re-examined before leaying school to try to hnd out whether or not they will need superyision and hel]) through the Mental Health Services afterwards. Twenty-four were found to come into this category during IboO. In view of the various difficulties, generallN speaking, only the worst of the educationally sub- normal children are initially referred for special examinations. A full ascertainment would show a mueh higher figure than the ‘dkM mentioned, but most of these would fall into the higher grades of educational sub-normality reiiuiring special class as distinct from special school facilities. Ke])orts by the Chief Hental (tfficer, the Educational iCycliologist and the Organiser of Hhysical Education are included in the following report. GENERAL STATISTICS. Number of rrimary Schools Sl'T Number of nupils on Primary Scbool Kegisters 21,344 Number of Secomlary Schools in the Administrative County ^ ffi Number of inu^ils on Secondai’y School Registers ... 5,19h MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. to carry out 268 primary school ten secondary school inspections It has been |)ossible medical insi)ections and during the year. Routine examinations. Rut rants Second Age Groups Third Age Groups Otlier routine examinations East Number found to require Riding. Treatment. Observation. 370S Total routine examinations 90S6 Special examinations and re-inspectionsi bCM l^'otal examinations 15T3T 1201 1152 3830 • 3223