Séries 9 - Annual Reports

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Series of annual reports with many gaps, compiled by the County Medical Officer of Health. The first extant report from 1929 focuses mainly on statistics gathered from inspections of the the national schools in the county. Topics covered include dental health, ophthalmic clinics, tonsil and adenoid operations, enlarged cervical glands, 'mental defectives', tuberculosis, malnutrition, vaccination, skin diseases, defective speech, rheumatism, deformities, open-air education, co-operation of parents, sanitation and environment of schools,

Later annual reports refer to the health and sanitary conditions in the county as a whole while also incorporating the school medical service report. This broadened report contains general statistics of the county, vital statistics, water and sewage reports, housing, lists of midwives, notification of births, notifications of infectious disease, diptheria immunisation, sanitary administration, food and drug samples, venereal disease scheme, school meals free milk scheme, welfare of the blind, district nursing associations, meat and milk inspections, bovine T. B. and the annual report of the clinical tuberculosis officer.