[Report 1969] / School Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City.

  • Nottingham (England). City Council.
Date:
1969
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    The nurses form the backbone of our present service, not only for their nursing duties but by the way in which they form an essential link between doctor, home and school. Again we count ourselves fortunate in being able to maintain a full complement. The duties are, however, very different from those of acute nursing in hospital and as with medical staff, arranging for adequate in-service training within our establishment presents some difficulties. CLEANLINESS: 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 On school rolls 50,188 50,488 51,274 52,311 53,245 53,794 Examinations . . 133,105 134,723 131,479 107,552 108,481 101,487 Number found unclean 3,800 3,803 3,633 3,542 3,859 4,765 Percentage of the number on rolls 7-6 7-5 71 6-8 7-2 8-8 Statutory notices to parents . . 24 26 25 44 34 20 Children cleansed 24 22 17 34 26 16 In spite of all endeavours, this problem continues to exist at about the same level as in previous years. There is a hard core of families in whom this problem is constantly recurring. School children are cleansed by the nurses’ assistants, who offer help to other members of the family if they wish it. Unfortunately co-operation in this respect leaves much to be desired. INFECTIOUS DISEASES: The figures for infectious diseases are 1964 1965 as follows 1966 1967 1968 1969 Chicken Pox 2,230 1,244 1,636 2,226 889 1,499 Measles 1,226 1,360 1,074 1,601 713 289 German Measles 127 190 265 915 1,257 601 Mumps 753 815 1,810 451 618 1,740 Scarlet Fever 95 255 222 253 127 113 Whooping Cough 106 106 T 69 130 135 58 Jaundice.. - - - 150 12 69 Glandular Fever - - — - 13 Hookworm — — — 33 24 13 Whipworm - - - 23 13 7 Ringworm — - - - 7 2 All new immigrant children are medically examined and stool specimens are sent to the laboratory to exclude the possibility of intestinal parasites. MASS MINIATURE RADIOGRAPHY SERVICE: In view of a recent Government Circular, it is necessary to state that our Service depends on the help we receive from Dr. Beynon and his colleagues at the Mass Radiography Service. All the School Meals staff and all entrants to the teaching profession have an X-ray examination of the chest. This is a most valuable piece of preventive medicine and its continuance is essential if the control of tuberculosis is to be maintained. In addition, when infectious tuberculosis is found in schools, as was described in last year’s Annual Report, it was the Mass Miniature Radiography Service which carried out the screening X-ray procedure. If