[Report 1936] / School Medical Officer of Health, Wiltshire County Council.

  • Wiltshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / School Medical Officer of Health, Wiltshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Clinic attendances totalled 161 and four children were admitted to the Orthopaedic Hospital at Bath. Heart Cynics. Forty cases of disorder of the heart were recorded during the year, 24 being functional in character and 16 organic. Advice with regard to games and so on was necessary in 11 cases. One was referred to the Consulting Heart Physician but found not to be a case of organic disease. The remaining children will be kept under observation and such advice given as may, from time to time, seem desirable. Five other children who have been under observation at the heart clinics for some time past attended again during 1936 and restrictions as to mode of life have been continued in only two of these cases. Feeding ©f liS-f^CiUrisheci Children. The standard ol nutrition amongst the children coming up for examination in the secondary schools has been found fairly satisfactory, only 18 per cent of the scholars examined falling below normal. Of this proportion, two per cent were classed as “bad. The actual number of children found to require treatment on this account was 82 and suitable advice was given to the parents in each instance. As in the case of the Elementary Schools, cod liver oil or milk are provided free for under-nourished children whose parents are in straitened circumstances, and supplies of cod liver oil were arranged for 18 and milk for 22. The number examined were, of course, those falling under the Boards’ Scheme of age groups and represented some 55 per cent of the Secondary School population. There are, however, other children known to be under-nourished who were not due for their routine examination but are kept under observation as “specials. Supply Of Milk. Supplies of milk for normal children under the Milk Marketing Board’s Scheme, as described on pages 20 and 21 are available at nine of the 10 Secondary Schools, whilst the remaining school has its own arrangements for this purpose. Some 6C0-—700 scholars have milk daily in this way. Uneleanliness. No case of uncleanliness requiring attention was recorded during the year. Goitre. Seven cases of goitre for which treatment was considered necessary were discovered in the course of medical inspection. In each instance the parents were advised to take their child to their own doctor for advice, but, where this recommendation was ignored, treatment was offered under the County Scheme and actually given in one case. C@-@peraiI®31 with Teaching Staffs. The work of the. School Medical Department in the Secondary Schools has been greatly facilitated by the close co-operation of the teaching staffs and I have pleasure in recording my appreciation of their ready help.