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Handicapped
Children
The number of children coming within the various categories
and their disposition as on 31st December, 1967 is shown in
the table at the end (Appendix 20).
B.C.G. Vaccination
of
School Children
This scheme is offered to all pupils of 13 years attending.
maintained and independent schools. In addition, those previously
invited who did not accept are given a further
opportunity to participate.
3,040 pupils were offered B.C.G. vaccination and of this
number 1,854 or 61% consented. 1,443 or 77.8% received
vaccination.
As the result of the notification of five cases of tuberculosis
in schools in the Borough during 1967, it was considered
necessary to visit these schools for the purpose of tuberculin
testing the contacts. The total number of tests undertaken was
554 but no further cases were discovered following those
investigations.
The Health
Visitor and
the School
Nurse
Miss J. Oliver, Superintendent Health Visitor, submits
the following report of the work undertaken by the Health
Visitors and School Nurses:—
"Our work in the Schools continues on much the same lines
as previous years.
The staff who Joined us in September 1967 were quickly
encouraged to take an active part in Health Education programmes
in School. Aided by the Health Education Officer
they have had further help on planning programmes, teaching
and projection techniques. Some evening work examining girls
on Home Safety subjects for a part of the Duke of Edinburgh
awards has been continued.
Case Conferences have been held when necessary, the
Health Visitors' knowledge of families, their social and
economic backgrounds have been helpful to other colleagues
owing to a small concentration of housing larger families with
continual problems in one part of the Borough, the Health
Visitor, School Nurse and Teacher have had to maintain a much
closer liaison—A Family Service Unit would be of considerable
help to these families, they need daily visiting to encourage
parents to send the older children to school, clean and suitably
dressed and on time. If the children are excluded from school it
often takes weeks to get them back, causing great unhappiness
to them. Efforts from Welfare Officers in the Education Department
combining with Health Visitors and other Social Workers
appear to have little affect on some parents."