1925-1926-1927 - Department of Education and Skills

4,Deintear obair na naoidheanan go maith. Deirid na cigiriceanntair liom go bhfuiltear 'a geoimead ro-fhada sa ·bhuidhinsin i gcuid de sna scoileannaibh mora.Go dti seo 'se an t-athru is mo ata tar eis teacht ar ghno nascol na so-go dtuigf'eadh aoinne a.bhuail£eadh isteach ionnta gurin Eirinn a bheadh se. Agus in a theannta san ta sprid nios fearrsan obair, croidhe na n-oidi innti agus na leanbhai nios brioghmhaireagus nios aibighe na mar a bhidis.CHAPTERVI.SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE.SchoolMedical Service is controlled not by this Department but.by the Department of Local Government and Public Health. Inview,however, of its importance from an educational point of viewit is considered desirable to give here a short account of what isbeing done in this respect.Under the Public Health (Medical Treatment of Childrenl(Ireland) Act, 1919, the County Councils and County Boroughsare the authorities on whom it devolves to make provision forattending to the health of school children, in accordance with theadministrative regulations. The first local authority to takeadvantage of the Act was Cork Co. Borough, which established aSchoolMedical Service in 1924. As a preliminary to this servicethe School Medical Officer made a general survey of the physicalcondition of the children attending the 27 national and otherelementary schools coming within the scope of the Cork scheme,with a view to obtaining a fixed basis of comparison and to gainingan insight into the purposes to which further progress mightbe most usefully directed. The results of this preliminary examinationwere as follows:-Children subjected to general examinationChildren tested with Snellen's TypesChildren suffering from Defective TeethChildren suffering from Defective EyesChildren suffering from Defective Nose and ThroatChildren suffering from Defective EarsChildren suffering from Minor AilmentsChildren suffering from MalnutritionChildren in a state of uncleanliness11,2968,16669.9%22.5%5.8%1.8%9.4%8.0%11.8%This general survey was followed by particular inspections ofchildren in need of special and detailed examination, and thoserequiring treatment of defects were referred to special treatmentcentres. During the year 1926, the following received treatment: