[Report 1953] / School Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Man.

  • Isle of Man. Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / School Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Man. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Noble’s Hospital, the Ramsey and District Cottage Hospital and the Health Services Board have given, as always, very welcome help and their friendly spirit is greatly appreciated. Grateful acknowledgement is also made to the Medical Officer of Health for his support and to the members of the medical profession whose generous co-operation is so necessary for the well-being of the School Health Service. SPECIAL MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS. 137 examinations were made in connexion with the issue of “Workers'’ Certificates and except in two cases, all the applicants were granted Certificates. 19 children who applied for “ Entertainments ” Certificates were found to be fit and 180 children were examined prior to dental treatment under a general anaesthetic. No specific complaint could be found in 54 patients who were seen as special cases. 45 candidates for Teachers Training Colleges were medically inspected during the year and two boys were examined—one with regard to his eligibility for the Merchant Navy and the other for his suitability as an Aircraft Apprentice. HANDICAPPED PUPILS. Blind Children. One girl, aged 15 years, is a pupil at Henshaw’s Institute for the Blind, Manchester. Partially Sighted Children. A fourteen-year-old boy is resident at the Lawns House School for Partially Sighted Children in Leeds and a boy of 11 years should attend a similar type of school. A girl of ten and a boy and girl of five years may have to be considered for admission to special schools some time in the future and it may also be necessary to admit six children with advanced myopia to special classes. Two pre-school children are classed as partially-sighted. Epileptics. 11 children known to be under treatment for epilepsy are all fit to attend ordinary schools at present. Four children with some other defect in addition to epilepsy are unfit for school. Deaf Children. A girl aged 14 and a boy of 12 years are pupils at the Royal Residential School for the Deaf in Manchester and a girl aged 19, who had had three years training at the Dressmaking and Needlework Department of the Henry Worral Training School for Elder Girls, left school at the end of the spring term. Partially Deaf Children. Two girls are resident at the Liverpool School for the Partially Deaf at Birkdale. In addition seven children attending ordinary schools and one pre- school child are classed as partially deaf. Three of these children have hearing aids. Educationally Sub-Normal Children. 15 children with marked mental defects are excluded from school. They are classified as ineducable and would benefit by training at an Occupation Centre. There are five pre-school children in the same category.
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