[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL STATISTICS Number of Primary Schools 209 Number of pupils ou Primary School Registers 23,227 Number of Secondary Schools in the administrative County , 11 Number of pupils on Secondary School Registers 5,501 MEDICAL INSPECTIONS It has been ])ossil)le to (*arry out ,224 medical ins])ectious 1 iu primary schools and 14 iii secomlai'y schools during’ the ' year. During’ the year, 1,157 more ])Upils were examined than f in the jirevious 12 months, tliere heing an increase of 1 435 in the numher of routine and 722 in the numlier of f special examinations. v. Routine examinations. Entrants , Second age groups Tliird age groups Other routine examinations . Number of defects found to lequire Treatment. Observation. 3(;38 2668 2330 93 Total routine examinations Special examinations and re-iuspectioiis Total examinations 8729 995 4079 5b()l 810 2311 14339 GENERAL CONDITION Out of (S,72d (diildreu examined for (dassification 1)9.55% 1 are marked good oi’ fair. It is difficult to comment suitably : on the number of ])U])ils classified as either good or fair. [ Thei'e is (‘onsitbuablc stalistical variation (aodi year between ) the numbers ])la(‘ed iu tliese two categories which can be 3 explained by the different inter])retations of individual I medical officers. Howexmr, the number of (diildreu classified i as poor general condition has dropped from 0.63 to 0.45 I per cent. VISUAL DEFECTS AND EXTERNAL EYE DISEASE During the year 510 (diildreu were found at medical i inspections to lie in need of treatment for eye defects as I compared with 611 in 1951. In addition, 1,717 cliildren were i found to need to be ke]it under observation for these defects. Many of these were children who had receiv^ed glasses and who were already being ke]it under observation at the various refraction clinics. The refraction clinic service is staffed by a specialist officer of the Eegional Hosjiital Board, and clinics are held at Beverley three times a month, at Bridlington twice a month, and at Barlby, Driffield, Fulford, TTessle, Norton, Pocklingtoii and AVithernsea once a month. At these clinics 1,212 children were examined during the year, making 1,967 attendances in all.