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VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION RECORDS OF SCHOOLCHILDREN
The percentage of school children on school rolls immunised and vaccinated is as
fol1ows.
D.phthena Tetanus Poliomyelitis
85.9 83.57 86.2
B. C. G. VACCINATION
The arrangements continued during t he year fo rvaccinating 13 year old school children
against tuberculosis using B.C.G.. 1,279 children being vaccinated.
PART TIME EMPLOYMENT OF SCHOOLCHILDREN
It is a requirement of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933/Education Act 1944
where children wish to take up part-time employment such as delivering newspapers, etc.,
that they be medically examined to ensure that they are fit for the proposed employment.
All children examined for this purpose during the year were found fit for the employment
p roposed.
DEAF AND PART I ALLY-HEAR ING CHILDREN
Children under 5 suspected of hearing loss are tested by the clinic medical officer
at clinic centres. School children are normally tested during their firstyear at school
Where such a loss is confirmed or there is any doubt, the child is referred to an audiology
clinic and seen by a teacher of the deaf and re-tested by a nurse audio-metrician. Action
taken includes referral to hospital for treatment, or for the issue of a hearing aid. or
keeping the child under observation where the loss is slight. Children may be recommended
to attend a partially hearing unit in one of the primary schools in the Borough. There
are no special schools for deaf children in the borough, children having to go to a school
in Is 1ington.
EDUCATIONALLY SUBNORMAL CHILDREN
From the 1st April 1971, under the Education (Handicapped Children) Act 1970. the
provision for notifying a child as unsuitable for education at school ceased, and the
provisions of Section 34 of the Education Act 1944 regarding special educational treatment
apply to such children.
The Education Act 1944 makes provision for the statutory examination of children who
may require special educational treatment and for review examinations of such children.
Children examined for these purposes during the year by specially qualified medical
officers numbered 80.
There are four schools in the borough for the education of these children who are
medically examined each year
HEALTH EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS
Liaison with various schools in the borough continued to give good results Teaching
staff show more interest in the work of the Health Department and appreciate the need for
health education
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