[Report 1928] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council.

  • Essex (England). County Council.
Date:
1928
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Credit: [Report 1928] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ; Co operation of Attendance Officers. I Every assistance is given to establish close and complete co-opei-ation of the ] alth Visitors with the Attendance OlEcers, either direct or through the Clerk to i D.S.C., and it has been noted that .Attendance Oflicei's have I'einai'ked on the (lenities encountered when an area happens for a time (through unavoidable delay i [illing a v’acancy) to be without a regular Health Visitor. ;. Co operation of Voluntary Bodies, &c. (a) Care of Chilclrm Committee!^ are in some instances giving most valuable help, II such Committees might with advantage be inaugurated in all districts. They '/e continued, through medical aid funds collected, and through organised whist 1 ves, concerts, &c., to do useful and helpful work in all branches of the School idical Service. These funds are chiefly made use of in the provision of spectacles, foods—such 1 oil and malt, virol, malted milk, &c., at or below cost price, assisting in provision . special boots, railway fares, etc. The services of these Committees are much ap|)reciated, not only by i)arents of I ilciren directly benefiting by the Committee’s activities, hut also by school managers, •i ichers, and the public generally. (h) The Essex County Nursing AssocAation, with financial assistance from the iiamty Council, continues its most indis]>ensable work in the pi’ovision and training - District Nurse Mid wives, the midwives assisting in both school and general work 1 len reqiured. (c) The Essex Vohentary Association for 'Mental Welfare assists in supervision • id enquiries as to mentally defective children. t (d) The Essex County Association for the Care of the Blind has this year become separate body, and from time to time brings notice to matters which concern the lind and their dependants. ^ (e) The N.S.P.C.C. are ever ready and willing to take up the case of any child ■here neglect is imputed, and have rendered helpful assistance. ' If) The British Red Cross Society, and in one area the Society of the Order of \t. John, have given, through their members, invaluable help in assisting at minor •Iment and dental clinics and regular attendance and organized help at orthopaedic -'ter-care clinics. (g) Almoners of Hospitals. Frequently letters are received from these, giving urbiculars and asking for local investigation and treatment in regard to children who '’8 to he treated, or have received treatment, at the various London Hospitals.