[Report 1936] / School Medical Officer, Somerset County Council.

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

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    EXAMINATION OF SUPPLEMENTARY TEACHERS. In accordance with the requirements of the Board of Education, 4 women teachers were examined at various times during the year and graded as follows:— A.l.—In good health, and free from defects ... ... ... 2 A. 2.—In good health, but with slight physical defects . 2 B. l.—In good health, but with defects likely to shorten period of service ... ... ... ... ... ... ... q B.2.—In good health, but with defects interfering with their efficiency ... ... ... ... ... ... ... q B.3.—In temporary sub-normal health ... ... ... o 0. -Unfit . 0 4 FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. The figures for 1936 are set out in Tables II., III. and VI., wThich are on the same lines as last year and in the form recommended by the Board of Education. Some of the chief percentage figures given in Table VI. are nutrition, bad or below normal, 7.7; defective hearing, 1.1; ear disease, 1.6; skin disease, 0.5; chronic tonsillitis, 5.0; adenoids only, 1.5; chronic tonsillitis and adenoids, 2.1; enlarged tonsils only, 11.7; defective speech, 1.5; dental disease, 61.8; organic heart disease, 0.3; anaemia, 1.7; pulmonary tuberculosis, definite, 0.1, suspected, 0.5. These percentages are very similar to those recorded in previous reports, but in accordance with the requirements of the Board of Education the tonsils and adenoids figures are now given in another form. The nutrition figures are considered separately. When the figures for entrants are considered separately they show, as in previous years, that the proportion with defects already present is high and show's no signs of diminution. Defects commonly found are enlarged tonsils and adenoids, enlarged cervical glands, dental defects, deformities, and eye defects. Under a scheme which came into operation January, 1937, medical examination will be offered when the child is between 3 and 4 years in order to try and prevent these defects or, if present, to deal with them. This work will be done under the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme.