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REPORT ON SCHOOL MEDICAL WORK.
THE STAFF AND GENERAL ORGANISATION OF
THE WORK.
The Medical Inspection Staff consists of Dr. W. N. W. Kennedy,
Deputy School Medical Officer, and Dr. H. Gordon Smith, Assistant
School Medical Officer, who were demobilised during the year and
resumed their duties in September and March respectively.
Both of these officers devote part of their time only to school
work.
Eight Health Visitors also gave the major portion of their time to
the School Medical Service.
For the first quarter of the year the staff arrangements were as in
1918.
SCHOOLS.
No. of Schools and Accommodation.
In 1919 there were in Croydon :
(а) 22 provided schools, including 56 departments.
(б) 15 non-provided schools, including 34 departments.
The total provision in 1919 in the borough for elementary school
children amounted to 37 schools, with 90 departments.
The number of children on the register on December 31st, 1919,
was 25,432, as compared with 25,200 in 1918.
School Buildings and Accommodation.
The schools that were taken over as military hospitals have been
vacated by the military authorities and are now re occupied as schools.
Sanitary Work.
The sanitation of the schools has been attended to during the
year as before. Certain defects in connection with lighting, ventilation
and other matters will be embodied in a separate report.