[Report 1936] / School Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough.

  • Smethwick (Worcestershire, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / School Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    they have continued to confer with the medical officers and nurses in connection with the health of individual children, and have taken a great deal of interest in the physical welfare of tlieir scholars. GO-OPERATION OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICERS. There is mutual co-operation between the nurses and the school attendance officers. A])sentees from school who are found to he having no treatment are referred to the clinics by the attendance officers, who in turn are notihed of the names and addresses of those children whose treatment has been completed. Absentees from the clinics are visited by the School Nurses. GO-OPERATION OF VOLUNTARY BODIES. hhie Smethwick Cripples’ Union and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children have given help in a numl)er of cases during the year. BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN. {a) All blind and deaf children are sent to institutions on a report being sent by the school medical officer to the Educa¬ tion Office that such action is desirable. At the present time the Education Authority have children at the following institutions : Institution Toys Girls Total Royal Institution for Tlind (1 lirminghanT 11 6 17 Institution for Instruction of Deaf and Dumb 4 5 9 Gem Street Day School 1 — 1 (h) dhie Vdetoria S])ecial School in vSuHrage .Street for mental 1)’ defective children, has accommodation for 65 children. In addition to basket making, rug making, and leather work, the hoys receive instruction in simple manual work, and the girls in sewing and cookery. All the scholars engage in gardening as the weather ])ermits. 'riic school is visited periodicalU’ h}' tlic .School Medical ( )fficer for S])ecial tmdl routine ins[)ection, and every child is examined frequently.