[Report 1931] / School Medical Officer of Health, Leigh Borough.

  • Leigh (Lancashire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1931
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Credit: [Report 1931] / School Medical Officer of Health, Leigh Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (cl) Secure home nursing and treatment. (e) Disinfection of Schools. (f ) Destruction of patient’s school books, etc. (g) Improve general sanitary condition of the Schools. (h) Free ventilation of the Schools. (i) Even distribution of the children over the maximum area available whilst in School. (j) Allow no infectious case or contact to be re-admitted until certified by the School Medical Officer. (k) Disinfection of the homes. Patients suffering from Infectious Diseases are excluded from School and not re-admitted until after inspection by the School Medical Officer at the termination of the usual period. Home contacts are excluded for two days only. For the next fourteen days or so special arrangements are made for them to visit the Clinic each school-day and unless examination reveals evidence of illness they are sent on to school. By this means they are under daily observation of the Health Staff, and the loss of school attendance diminished. In the case of Measles, Whooping Cough and Chicken-pox, only the infant contacts and other children who have not had the disease are excluded and inspected before re-admission. Sweeping the floors of the class-rooms with “dusmo”, by pre¬ venting the dissemination of dust and its lodging on the furniture, ledges, etc., I think must tend somewhat to diminish the danger of infection in the School. The following is a summary of infectious diseases affecting school children during the year :— Scarlet Fever. 16 Diphtheria. 33 Pneumonia. 15 8.—FOLLOWING UP. Following the Routine Medical Inspection a notice is sent to the Head Teacher specifying the defect or defects found in each child in the School, with a request that any serious alteration in the condition should