[Report 1919] / School Medical Officer of Health, Stockport County Borough.

  • Stockport (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / School Medical Officer of Health, Stockport County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The children who are having free meals arc weighed fortnightly at the School Clinic, and any child whose condition in unsatisfactory is seen by the School Doctor. The Medical Staff to the Education Committee pay periodical visits to the Centres where meals are provided. JUVENILE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU. The Supervisor of the Employment Bureau reports as follows :— The Juvenile Employment Bureau continues to work in close co-operation with the School Medical Officers. Frequently children make application at the Bureau for employment at the age of 14, who have in many cases been excluded from school for loner * ^ . © periods on a Doctor’s Certificate, while in other cases there are applicants who are suspecte d by the Supervisor to be suffering from some organic trouble. In all such cases these are submitted to the School Medical Officer for exam- in ition. and the parents are communicated with when it is deemed advisable to place the children under Medical Supervision, or to advise a period of rest before taking up any daily occupation. The Trustees of the Fearns’ Trust give very valuable assistance in this connection by assisting parents to send their children into the country for a period of several months. The Care. Committee, which continues to meet month by month, also places these children under regular supervision, though •. with the advent of a more complete organisation of the school medical work, it is not now necessary to undertake home visitation in the case of children of school age who are reported as physically defective. Thnlists supplied by the School Medical Officers after each school examina¬ tion are most valuable in enabling the Supervisor to dissuade parents from sending children into unsuitable occupations. Particularly are they useful in impressing upon parents the need for taking reasonable care of their children, after they have left school.. The following statistics give some indication of the scope of the work carried out bv the Bureau :— «/ * No. of Children leaving School . 1,766 „ * Applicants at the Bureau.,. 2,903 „ Children placed in Situations. 588 „ Cases visited by Members of the Care Committee ..... 250 * This number is unusually large owing to the Armistice. INSPECTION AND TREATMENT AT THE CLINICS. The Clinic is still held in the Town Hall. In April, owing to the large numbers in attendance on the two days the Clinic was open, it was considered necessary to increase the days to four. The Clinic is now open on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. A Nurse is in attendance on the Wednesday morning to see children who need to be dressed daily. v A A v\