[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1963 To the Chairman and Members of the Education Committee, Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you the Annual Report on the work done in the School Health Service. This year the medical staff has been increased so that we have been able to give more attention to following up cases. The number of special inspections has increased from 2,433 last year to 5,326 this year and the re-inspections from 1,231 to 3,576. As a result of this there have been increased attendances in the various treatment sections. The general physical, nutritional and cleanliness standards are high and there has been no unusual incidence of disease. The level of infectious disease was high compared with last year. There were 953 cases of measles; other infectious diseases were few in number. The development of the Mental Health Service continues. The work done here is linked up with the Local Authority Health Department and the Hospital Services. When reading the rele- vant part of this report it should be read as a continuation and extension of the reports in this Section of the previous reports since 1958. We are anxious to give more help to teachers in the assessment and treatment of difficult cases and are finding that more and more queries are referred to us by teachers. A great deal of time is spent in investigating and making reports upon cases which have been referred by the Children’s Courts. This has been very time consuming. Our main efforts must be made at a time previous to the child getting into Court. An outstanding fact] appears to be the large number of children who have never been referred for any behaviour problem until some quite serious occurrence has taken place and the cases referred to us by the Magistrates. The Chiropody Service can now cope with any demands made for the treatment of school children. A chiropodist is available each morning to see children referred from the Minor Ailment Clinic,