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Physiotherapy.
North Clinic, Station Road
Tues., Thurs. & Fri.
(By appointment only.)
a.m.
Speech.
South Clinic, Princes Plain
Thursday
(By appointment only.)
p.m.
Lip Reading.
South Clinic, Princes Plain
Wednesday 5-6 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. - 12 noon
(By appointment only.)
PERIODIC MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
The medical examination of the school child at regular
intervals during his or her school career is still the mainstay of
the School Health Service. Although other aspects of this work
are gradually, and deservedly, assuming greater importance, there
can be no immediate prospect that the periodic medical inspection
will be displaced from this position. That this is so is largely
due to one unique feature of these examinations, namely, that they
are a means of bringing together parent, teacher, school doctor
and school nurse in one place, at one time and with one object—
the welfare of the child.
During 1956, 4,232 children were examined in this way—the
largest total seen in the Borough in any year so far. 323 sessions
were devoted to the work, so that the average number of children
seen on each occasion was 13.1. Comparative figures for the
previous year were 269 sessions. 3.830 children examined, and
14.2 average attendance.
Three hundred and fifteen individual pupils were found to
require treatment, excluding dental diseases and infestation with
vermin. Although the number examined during 1956 was 402
more than in 1955. the number of pupils requiring treatment shewed
a reduction of 30.
It is not possible to give comparative rates with previous years
on the general condition of the pupils examined as the categories
have this year been altered to "Satisfactory" and "Unsatisfactory"
in place of those used previously, i.e. "A" (Good), "B" (Fair)
and "C" (Poor). The percentages for 1956 are 97.02% Satisfactory,
and 2.98% Unsatisfactory.
SPECIAL EXAMINATIONS.
In addition to the periodic medical inspections, a further 1,968
special examinations and re-examinations were carried out during
1956, as compared with 1,944 in 1955.
Sixty-eight cases requiring special investigation were examined
at the Municipal Offices, and of these 33 had their intelligence
quotients investigated.