[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Castleford Borough.

  • Castleford (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Castleford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SSCTION II (part 4) LXAISOF E08FI-:I'IL S:iEryiCSS PHTj.rTJFi'IOlT 0? ILLyrcSS - CJJ'JI; ArD APT5H CAI!S The four have continued concerned. nain liaison services, Spastics, fiahetic, Gerratric and I'iatemit^'', as in nreviouG years end have proved noot useful and helpful to all ShCTIOIT II (part 3) TPAE'IiiG CErTIili OF THP T-lEi^hlLY DEFJIICTIVII! T^fTolve trainees ’vere adriitted tlrroughout th.e year so that by the end of Decenber there vere 50 fron Castlofcrd and ITomisr.ton, 32 froc Pontefract, 6 from '■'ethorby rrid 2 from Hotinell, end for the first tine in our Iiistory the v/aiting list tras cleared. SPCTIOK II (part 6) HEALT}-: BPUCITIOII A nrogranr.e of six-weefcly displays of different aspects of health education rn.s ea’a-.’n up for Child ^.^elfare Clinics at the beginning of the year and these ^displays have non' been accepted as part of the fa,cilities of the Clinics. Ilidva.ves, in ad.dition tv:) ter.oliing ante-natal exercises during ante-natal classes gave talks on ante-natal care sr.d labour and the puerperi'uii, supporting their talks Trith film strips and sound films. Discussions follonod the talks and the expectant mothers were receptive and appreciative of the instructions given. Leaflets asid literature nerc supjjlied to schools and talks were given by members of the Eealth Department Staff. The nain subjects covered were food hygiene, personal hygiene and denenstrations of baby bathing and feeding. SECTION II (part ?) SCHOOL FhiLTH SERVICE Periodic Inspections 1 Yean of Birth I'To. of pupils inspected i Physical condition of pupils inspected Satisfactorjr Unsatisfactory 1959 ^ later 207 206 1 1958 450 449 1 1957 551 549 2 1958 116 116 - 1955 520 , 515 ■ 5 1954 506 504 2 1955 59 58 1 1 1952 [- 505 504 1 j 1951 516 514 2 195c 138 157 1 1 1949 ! 604 598 ! 1 1948 ^ earlier j 700 696 I ] 4 1 Totals j 4452 4426 j 26 Other Inspections Special I264 Pe-inspections 3^ Cleanliness Inspections Pioutine cloaa-iliness inspections a,re carried out at every school peid.0'dieally by Health Visitors. During 19^5 indi'V’idual exardLnations totalled 24025, out of whicli 455 (l»8f^) cases of uncleanliness were found.