[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.

  • Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MEDICAL INSPECTION No change has taken place in routine medical ins]jections during the year, and children have been inspected in the groups prescribed in the Education Act, 1944 :— (a) Pupils admitted for the first time to a maintained school ; (b) Pupils attending a maintained primary school during the last year of attendance ; (c) Pupils attending a maintained secondary school during the last year of attendance. Periodic examinations at various ages were also carried out in the Boys' and Girls’ Secondary Grammar Schools. There were also re-examinations and special examinations for scholars at all ages who were found to have defects which required to be kept under observation. FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION (a) Uncleanliness. Periodic inspections by the School Nurses reveal that the standard of cleanliness amongst Bournemouth scholars is high, as will be seen from the following table :— Infestation with Vermin Examinations in Schools Average No. on No. of No. of individual Year School Registers Examinations pupils found infested 1952 15,121 38,773 218 1951 14,552 36,951 184 1950 14,183 35,093 235 1949 13,750 34,139 264 1948 12,017 34,075 296 1947 11,126 34,340 434 1946 10,916 32,170 539 1945 10,153 31,667 521 1944 10,945 34,219 503 1943 10,586 29,157 511 1942 11,192 32,616 651 1941 11,785 31,127 607 rH > 1940 11,060 31,003 593 1—( 1939 13,249 36,835 755 1938 10,143 32,601 581 1937 10,124 28,766 645 1936 9,987 27,616 483 (b) General Condition. The classification of the general condition of school children as Good, Fair and Poor has again been applied. Whilst it is on the