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TUBERCULOSIS IN SCHOOL CHILDREN
One girl aged 12 years was admitted to hospital with cervical adenitis, and one
boy aged 12 years was admitted for tubercular meningitis. Both children were in hospital
and under successful treatment at the end of the year.
One girl aged 15 years, who, removed into Leyton with a notified lung infection,
was discharged, cured, after investigation by the Chest Physician.
DEATHS OF CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE
During the year four children of school age died. The deaths were due to the
following:-
Acute Lymphatic Leukaemia Female aged 6 years
Acute Myelblastic " Male "13 "
Cerebral damage & Pulmonary Stenosis Male " 10 "
Cerebral Laceration due to Road Accident Female aged 11 "
HEALTH EDUCATION
The Health Visitors work in close co-operation with the teaching staff in all
types of schools.
Primary Schools
Health Education is carried out informally and mostly individually. In the main
it consists of encouraging good habits. Some attempts are being made on group teaching
but so far they have mostly been concerned with the care of teeth.
Secondary Schools
The Health Visitors are teaching in all the secondary modern schools in this area
and also at the school for educationally subnormal children.
This year, the Health Education Syllabus in the secondary schools has been revised
to meet the present needs of the pupils, and it is set out below, its attention to the
physical and emotional changes of adolescence will be self-evident. Talks are included
on the problems of adolescence, leisure pursuits, budgeting and choosing clothes. Group
discussion is encouraged and the atmosphere is most informal so that questions on any
subject can be answered or discussed. The syllabus is flexible to meet the particular
needs of the groups.
In the E.S.N. School teaching is carried out mainly by demonstration, as the girls
more easily absorb practical experience. Here the syllabus is more concerned with
mothercraft. The pupils learn how to handle a model baby and the technique of bathing,
how to choose a layette and where to obtain help.
During the year pupils made 4,340 attendances at 232 talks given by the Health
Visitors.
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