[Report 1914] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cardiff County Borough & Port.

  • Cardiff (Wales). County Borough & Port Council.
Date:
1914
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Credit: [Report 1914] / School Medical Officer of Health, Cardiff County Borough & Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [Back]. CARDIFF EDUCATION COMMITTEE. School Clinic. According to the provisions of the Education Authorities (Medical Treat- ment) Act, 1909, parents will be called upon to pay for treatment at the School Clinic unless they show the Committee that they cannot afford to do so. Dental Treatment. When the total weekly earnings of family are 40/- and over, dental treat- ment is not given. When the total weekly earnings of family are less than 40/- dental treatment is given free of charge. Spectacles. Half the cost of spectacles will be borne by the Education Committee when the total weekly earnings of family are less than 25/-. Scale of Charges for Treatment of Nose, Throat and Ear Diseases, and Defective Vision. (a) When the total earnings of family are less than 25/- per week, no charge. (b) When the total earnings of family are 25/— and less than 40/- per week. one shilling. (c) When the total earnings of family are 40/- and over per week, treat- ment is not given, unless special sanction shall have been given by the Committee. City Hall, Cardiff. EDWARD WALFORD School Medical Officer. The whole of the above arrangements are subject to the supervision of the School Medical Officer, and it will be seen that they embrace all the conditions usually dealt with at a School Clinic, and that the Clinic is organised as part of the School Medical Service Cleansing Station.—The Cleansing of Persons Act. 1897, permits Sanitary Authorities to provide Cleansing Stations and apparatus for cleansing verminous persons, including their garments, free of charge, upon the application of such persons. The Children Act provides that where the Sanitary Authority has made this provision, the Education Authority may avail themselves of it for enforcing the requirements as to the compulsory cleansing of verminous school children. A very complete Cleansing Department has now been provided by the Cardiff Sanitary Authority in connection with their new Disinfecting Station, situated in a convenient and central part of the town (Crawshay Lane). The accommodation comprises separate baths and rooms for boys and girls. Each side contains a bath-room, waiting-room and dressing-room, with all the necessary appliances. The clothes of the children are passed through the Disinfecting Chamber (Washington Lyon’s) and are returned to them before discharge. The cleansing is carried out by the School Nurses. It has not been necessary to carry out the provisions of Section 122, relating to the compulsory cleansing of children, as those who have been dealt with were cleansed with the consent and approval of their parents. The children themselves thoroughly appreciated the process as an entirely novel experience. During the year the number of children cleansed at the Cleansing Station by the School Nurses amounted to 52 ; of these, 25 were in a verminous condition, and 27 suffered from scabies. In all cases the children’s bedding and clothes were disinfected, and the rooms occupied by them were also cleansed and disinfected by the Officers of the Sanitary Authority. Treatment of Minor Ailments by Queen’s Nurses.—Arrangements have been made whereby the Queen’s Nurses follow up and treat cases of minor ailments under the supervision of