[Report 1956] / School Health Service, Cornwall County Council.

  • Cornwall (England). County Council. School Health Service.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / School Health Service, Cornwall County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Keport on Teeth:— “The condition of the teeth shows no change. It is quite the exception to see a tooth that has been filled.’’ A special survey was carried out during the year, and the follow- ing figures were presented:— Over 3% of Entrants to schools show evident deformities due to Rickets; Visual defects were present in 7% of entrants and leavers. Squint was present in 0.6% of the same group. The outbreak of war curtailed any further improvement in the services provided for the school children. 1916—18. No developments. 1919. School population 42,221. Requirements of the Education Act:— 1. Facilities for medical treatment of school children must be provided. 2. Dental treatment must also be provided. Nineteen deaf children were being sent to special schools at Plymouth and Exeter. Six blind children to Exeter School for the Blind. Two physically defective children to special schools. 1920. There were increases in the staff — four Assistant School Medical OflScers and six School Nurses, together with the part-time services of 125 District Nurses. 1921. Feeding Centres for children—217,686 meals were provided for 5,222 children, mostly children of unemployed tin miners. These were all children of necessitous parents. Special report on tuberculosis in school children—36 found to be suffering from tuberculosis and 28 suspected. 1924. Scheme for orthopaedic treatment for school children prepared. 1926. Provision of cod liver oil and milk to badly nourished child- ren commenced. 1929. Facilities provided lor orthopaedic cases in Clinics and hospitals.