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Work at Vale Road School for Physically Handicapped Children has
provided much opportunity for research. The following table may be
of interest in showing the variety of disorder found:—
Total Number treated— 17. (Boys, 11 Girls 6).
Spastic/Athetoid Dysarthria 5
Spastic/Athetoid Dysarthria with hearing loss (particularly
for high frequencies) 2
Dysphonia 1
Aphasia 1
Pseudo-bulbar hypogenesis 1
Dystatic 1
Stammer with right hemiplegia 2
Interdental lisp 1
Delayed speech development 3
Tuberculosis in School Children
Results of recent epidemiological investigations following cases of
tuberculosis occurring in schools are set out below:—
(i) A Secondary Grammar School in Hornsey
A case of infectious pulmonary tuberculosis was notified at this
school and in February a total of 340 boys were patch tested.
The patch test showed 271 boys negative and 69 positive to tuberculin.
A chest X-ray was advised for the 69 patch positive boys and
55 attended the mass X-ray unit in March, together with seven masters
who accepted the offer of an X-ray.
The parents of the other 14 boys were advised and made private
arrangements for X-rays of their boys.
The Chest Specialist has now reported that the seven masters and
55 boys who attended for X-ray showed no evidence of chest disease.
(ii) A Secondary Modern School in Tottenham
During April 1954 a case of pulmonary tuberculosis of an infectious
type was notified in a schoolgirl.
Investigations were made at the school during May 1954. Her 15
class contacts were X-rayed and one other child was found suffering
from tuberculosis.
Patch testing was subsequently carried out on 94 possible contacts
in other classes. Of these, 86 were negative and eight were patch
positive. The eight patch positive children were X-rayed together
with 17 members of the staff, and the results of these examinations
revealed that one other girl, a friend but not a classmate of the
original case, was also suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
Statistical Information
Statistics relating to the work of the school health service during 1954
are contained in the following tables.
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