[Report 1911-1912] / School Medical Officer of Health, Lanark County Council.

  • Lanarkshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1912
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Credit: [Report 1911-1912] / School Medical Officer of Health, Lanark County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PART I. SCHEME OF MEDICAL INSPECTION. The Scheme of Medical Inspection and Supervision of School Children, as laid down in the Education (Scotland) Act, 1908, has now been in active operation in the County of Lanark since September, 1909. The scheme has been adopted by all the constituent School Boards with the exception of Crawfordjohn in the Upper Ward of the County. As was indicated in last year’s report, Maryhill School Board has now amalgamated with that of Glasgow, and consequently the examination of the pupils no longer falls to be undertaken by the County of Lanark. The area comprises 43 School Boards, having 235 schools, with 102,651 enrolled pupils. The schools are situated in 11 sanitary areas, of which 8 are Burghs and 3 are County Sanit- tary Districts. In the Scheme of Medical Inspection and Supervision of the school children, the County is divided into two areas—a Northern and a Southern Division. The Northern Division is under the charge of Dr. Macintyre, assisted by Dr. Clark and a nurse ; the Southern Division is under the charge of Dr. Maekinnon assisted by Dr. Rankin and a nurse* Northern Division. Southern Division. Average No. Average No District. No. of of Scholars District. No. of of Scholars Schools. on Register. Schools. on Register. Airdrie, 8 5.089 Upper Ward, 56 10,073 Bothwell, 22 12,466 Avondale, 5 8ll Cadder, 9 2,313 Blantyre, 5 3,330 Cambuslang, 7 4.926 Calderhead, 4 L943 Carmunnock, I I 22 Cambusnethan, 11 6,194 Clarkston, 8 2,112 Dalserf, 4 1,083 New Monkland, 9 i,7°° Dalziel, 11 10,568 Old Monkland, 21 12,087 East Kilbride, 3 521 Rutherglen, 7 5,394 Glassford, 2 257 Shettleston, 8 5,801 Hamilton, 15 9,242 Lenzie Academy, 1 325 Larkhall, 6 3,33s Shotts, 8 2,273 Stonehouse, 4 683 Total, IOI 52,335 134 50,316 The above figures are taken from the latest Return issued by the Scotch Education Department. Two additional nurses have been appointed—one to each division—to take up duty at the beginning of next school year.