[Report 1920] / School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CO-OPERATION OF VOLUNTARY BODIES. All cases of appanail ne^'lecl in which no iinprov^e- nu‘iU can he secnia^d hv the usual chTorls are referred to ihe National Sociel\’ for the Ur(‘venlion of Chaielty to Cfhildren, and \’isils h\’ an Inspector of this Society appear to have a verv sahilaio’ (h'fect. Six cases were r(‘]')orted diiriny the year widi satisfac'toiw residts. DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. All children ('onhng* under the above heading, wheth(‘r ph\’si('all\' or inenlalh', ar(* reported b\’ either th(‘ S('hool Medic'al Inspectors, the I lead d'eachers, the School Attendanc'c Ofhc'ers, oi- the Sc'hool Xnrses, and ai rang'iMncmts are mack^ for their special medical examination at an earl\- date. Thirtv-three such child- ren! were^ seen during th(^ \'(nir. d'his number includes 22 mental defectives, t deaf and dimib ('hildren, 4 epile}:)tic ('hildrcm, and 4 physical defectives. Seven of the mentalb' detichent c'hildren were reported tc! the Mental neficn’encw Act C'ommittee as being incapable of receiving benelit from instruction in a Special School. In six c'ases the* parents were* unwilling to allow their children to be sent awa^^ from home. Fhe Ifducation Authority sectired places in instittitions for f(>tir defecti\’e children as follc!ws : — 1 mentalK' defective girl to Knotty Ash, rdverpool. 1 epileptic girl to the Maghtdl Hc^me, near Liverpool. 2 deaf and dumb l)oys to the Derby School for the Blind. Six children are at present on our list awaiting vacancies.