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Two sessions per week are devoted to the re-assessment of
children attending Carew Manor E.S.N. School. Close co-operation
has been maintained with the remedial teachers. A total of 78 children
were selected for teaching in remedial groups from primary schools in
remedial groups of 5 or 6 children so that more individual help can
be given to each child.
(c) Speech Therapy
Speech Therapy Clinics were held at
Priority Crescent Clinic, North Cheam
Rochester Road, Clinic, Carshalton
Green Wrythe Lane Clinic, Carshalton
Shotfield Clinic, Wallington
25 Worcester Road, Sutton
There is a national shortage of speech therapists and it has
been necessary to employ all the speech therapists on a part-time
basis. The total number of children attending for speech therapy during
1965 was 155 of whom 22 were discharged as cured and 17 discharged as
greatly improved„
One of the speech therapists carried out 4 sessions weekly
at Carew Manor E.S.N. School.
(d) Infectious Diseases
Pull information concerning infectious disease is given on page 19
of the report. It should be noted that there were no cases of serious
infectious disease in schools during the year and it was not necessary
to carry out any special investigation in respect of cases of pulmonary
tuberculosis in members of school staffs or pupils. There were minor
outbreaks of sonne dysentery all of which were fully investigated.
The Education Committee resolved that all members of the staff
of schools should have a satisfactory chest x-ray before commencing
work and that school meal staff should have bacteriological examination
of stools before commencing work. Although the latter examination
causes a few days delay in the taking up of post, it is considered essential
that any person handling food should not be a carrier of either the
enteric fevers or dysentery.
IMMUNISATION AND VACCINATION
Responsibility for immunisation and vaccination is placed on the
local health authority by Section 26 of the National Health Service Act, 1946.
Statistics relating to this work appear on pages20/2l of the report.
Sessions are held regularly at primary schools mainly for
reinforcing injections for protection against diphtheria and tetanus. B.C.G.
vaccination against tuberculosis is carried out at the age of approximately
13 years in secondary schools.
The Education Committee decided on a policy of adequate
protection against enteric fevers and smallpox for those children going abroad
in school parties. This policy has been carried out, the protection necessary
being dependent upon the country to which the party was travelling. It was
also considered necessary to recommend poliomyelitis vaccination for parties
going abroad.
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