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filled. Miss R. Oppenheimer resigned her part-time appointment
as Child Psycho-Therapist but we were able to fill the
vacancy by the appointment of Mrs. D. Handja.
Dr. D. L. Woolf, who had been Consultant in Physical
Medicine at the Cerebral Palsy Unit since its inception in
1955, resigned the appointment during the year and his place
was taken by Mr. H. B. Lee, F. R. C. S.
VISITS. - (a) The Public Helath Inspectors made
1,038 visits to maintained schools, (1) to enquire as to the
milk supplies and (2) to inspect the sanitary arrangements.
(b) School nurses made (i) 145 visits to schools (122
for general hygiene and 23 for head inspections) when 18,532
individual children were examined and 18,941 actual examinations
were made, (ii) 2,432 home visits in regard to
treatment recommended, and (iii) 441 home visits to cases
of minor infectious diseases.
(c) I have continued my own regular visit to schools
in an endeavour to become more fully acquainted with schools
and Head Teachers and have set myself the target of conducting
one routine medical inspection in each school. This
programme, which must depend on the time I have available,
is nearing completion.
(d) A separate report is furnished by the Chief Public
Health Inspector on the general subject of hygiene conditions
in schools.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES. - Fortunately there were
no outbreaks of infectious diseases in the Ilford schools
during the year and there is nothing of note to report in this
respect apart from the annual fluctuating incidence of scarlet
fever and whooping cough.
At Kennylands Boarding School, the medical supervision
of which is my responsibility, there was rather an
acute epidemic of tonsillitis. Nursing difficulties were experienced
especially as the Resident School Nurse was also
off sick. Although as a temporary measure 3 nurses were
supplied from various Health Areas in the County, day and
night nursing was required and eventually aid was secured
from the British Nurses Co-operative Association at Oxford.