[Report 1970] / School Medical Officer of Health, Wallasey County Borough.

  • Wallasey (England). County Borough Council
Date:
1970
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Credit: [Report 1970] / School Medical Officer of Health, Wallasey County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The examination of children who wish to take up em¬ ployment out of school hours, to take part in public entertainment, or to go to school camps. The medical examination of candidates for training colleges, and teachers appointed to this authority. The examination of all persons employed in the school meals service who are concerned with the handl¬ ing, preparation, or cooking of food. The visiting in their own houses of those children who are receiving home teaching under the provisions of Section 56 of the Education Act 1944. During the year 4 children were receiving home teaching. An important aspect of our work is health education. No opportunity is lost during the performance of the aforementioned functions to advise both parents and children on matters of health. The medical staff are available to visit Junior and Secondary Schools to give talks on health matters and to show films on subjects such as the dangers of smok¬ ing, at the request of head teachers. The school medical officers are seeing an increasing number of overweight children, who should be kept to a fairly strict diet, to prevent their condition leading to orthopaedic deformities. However, parents are reluctant to keep their children to a diet, or limit their carbohy¬ drate intake. Dr. Bell has supervised those children who have been referred to the service with intractable enuresis, and during the year 21 enuresis machines were loaned to parents. Success was achieved in 9 cases, but 12 cases were not successful. In the 9 who achieved success, one was completely dry in one month, and the other 8 were dry after 2 to 3 months. Lack of success in the other 12 was due to a number of reasons. In 5 cases the child was such a heavy sleeper that the alarm did not wake the child, but woke brothers and sisters, and so was not continued. In 3 cases the machine was only effective when the schools were on. holiday, and this presupposes there was a psychological reason for the enuresis associated with school. In 3 cases the children lived- in disturbed, overcrowded households in which there was' lack of continuity in the use of the machine. Orthopaedic Clinic We are fortunate to have the services of Mr. Sandeman,
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