[Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Derbyshire County Council.

  • Derbyshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1935
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Credit: [Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Derbyshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OTHER WORK BY THE ASSISTANT SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICERS. Special Visits to Schools. It has been found necessary from time to time to ask the Assistant School Medical Officers to visit schools to make investigations quite apart from the usual routine medical inspections and investigations into infectious diseases. The following Table shows the reasons for which such special investi- gations were made and the number of children examined :— Malnutrition 57 Mental Tests 112 Camping part}'^ examined 65 234 Other Visits and Inspections. During the year the following inspections and visits were made by the Assistant School Medical Olhcers in addition to their work in the schools and clinics :— Home visits to Defective Children ... ... 1294 Blind Persons Examined ... ... ... ... 223 Mental Defectives Examined (M.D. Act)... ... 32 Child Guidance Examinations ... ... ... 100 Examinations under Superannuation Scheme ... 11 Compensation Examinations 7 Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... ... 88 Total 1,755 MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF PUPIL TEACHER CANDIDATES. There were 92 intending pupil teachers examined during 1935, 39 boys and 53 girls, all of whom were passed medically fit. FOLLOWING UP. The method of following up children who have been found defective at medical inspection, which was in.stituted in 1930, works very satisfactorily. The number of home visits to school children by Health Visitors in tliis connection amounted to 9,565 during the year. This following up is carried out thus :— Supplementary cards are provided and filled uj) at the Routine Medical Inspection for each child found to have a defect which requires observation or treatment. These cards, at the end of School Medical Inspection, are handed to the Health Visitor, who follows up those cases referred for treatment, and writes her com- ments on the back of the card after her visit.