[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PRINCIPAL SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER’S REPORT FOR 1955 Mr. Chainuau, lyadies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present the annual report on the Work of the School Health Service during 1955. Although presented as a separate .section of the complete annuM report the work is clo-seb integrated with the work reported elsewhere. It is our liope that the benefit to the community of the smaller all-purpose local authority is appreciated here, and that interest is shown or responsibility accepted in health problems even where the section a])i)roached is not directly concerned, and that approaches arc lielped towards their ultimate source of help. The complexities of the Welfare vState demand a wide knowledge from those who seiu-e through it, and the average citizen cannot be expected to know all the correct approaches. If this average citizen is to be protected from the risk of frustration through a disinterested recei^tion the .seiu'ant of his welfare must be a knowledgeable listener, and this is certainly easier to achieve in the smaller all- l)urpo.se authority. Your obedient servant, I\IALCOLM S. HARVKV. School Health Service. General Information. Number of School Departments : Primary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... [\ vSecondary ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 Number of Scholars on Roll at end of 1955 : Pnmary .•;,78o Secondary ... ... ... ... ... ... 804 Staffing. No changes occurred during 1955, but we lost the services of Mr. C. A. Wollen and Mr. A. C. Adams from the Child Guidance Clinic through apj)ointmcuts to more responsible i)osts, the former to become psycho-therapist to Nottingham C.C. Child (luidance Clinic, the latter to take a i)ost in mental hosi)ital work. Premises. There have been no changes. Medical Inspection, Supervision and Follow-up. General Condition of Health. Altogether 9,50 i)U])ils were medically examined, or one in li\e, durin.g the year. 5% were Ixilow average health and nutri- tion and *26% above average.