[Report 1927] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Children w Iio arc in receipt of free jiieals are rei^^ulai ly cxaininecl and a note made of their ueiylit, height, and g'cnera! condition. During^ the Near oft siicli children ha\’e made 17o attendance.s at the .S('hool Clinic. SCHOOL BATHS. No baths are provided at any of the schools. Clas.ses t>f children attended the CorjNoration Baths, during school hours, for instruction in Swimming during the period from 11th .May to '23rd September, 1927. The total attendances made were 11,703. BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE, AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN. No schools for the treatment of these children have so far been provided by the J.ocal Education .Authority, but Blind and Deaf childi'en are sent to outside institutions. There is no provision for Mentally Defective or Epileptic children. During the year three children were maintained at an institu- tion for the Blind. Six children were inmates of institutions for the Deaf, and one was a day pupil. NURSERY SCHOOLS. No nursery schools have been provided in the area. EMPLOYMENT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. During the year 37 children have been examined as to their fitness to undertake employment (usually the delivery of new.s- papers) out ol school hours. SECONDARY SCHOOLS. J'he children altemling the .Secondary Schools (the Municipal .Secondary .School and the junior rechnical .School) wiTe ins]iected for the first time in li*2(). During the year under re\iN-w i'\ery child in each school has been medically ins]n'cted.