[Report 1916] / School Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield.

  • Chesterfield (England). Council.
Date:
1916
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    Chesterfield Education Committee. MEDICAL INSPECTION DEPARTMENT. March, 1917. Mr. Chairman, Mrs. Carruthers and Gentlemen, I beg to submit my Annual Report on the Medical Inspectioin of School Children in the Borough for the year ended December 31st, 1916^. On the suggestion of the Board of Education the Repoirt h|as beeln made as brief as possible, and has been framed geinerally on the lines laid down in the Board’s' Circular 935. The 'routine Medical Inspection of the three “ Code ” groups which, during the greater part of 1915 had,' been discointinued, was resnmed in March, 19*16. In the RepoTt of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education for 1915 it is stated that “ Not less than 'a million children of school age in this country are so physically or mentally defective ot disieased as tOi be unable to derive reasonable benefit from' the education which the State provides.” The excessive number of defective children in the Chesterfield area is demonstrated by the large [increase in the work of the School Clinic during 1916. When it is riealised that the great proportion of this physical defect is preventable, the national im- portance of the work of the School Medical Service at the present time will 'be appreciated.