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Erith 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Report of the School Medical
Officer.
It will he appreciated that a good deal of the subject
matter of these Reports is repeated from year to year. This
is due to a variety of reasons—one being the fact that the
report has to conform to a prescribed form, in accordance with
the requirements of central Departments.
Another important reason is my aim to make the Annual
Reports of my Department a reference as well as a Report,
thus reference is made to items which have in previous years
received full consideration, whilst in other cases a detailed
description of the arrangements available is included.
THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE IN RELATION
TO PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
School Hygiene.
Under the Authority of the Erith Education Committee
there are 9 provided schools with 19 departments, and one nonprovided
school with one department.
At the end of 1938, there were 5,125 children on the ro of the elementary schools, distributed as follows:—
| Infants Schools | 1,390 |
| Junior Mixed and Infant Schools | 150 |
| Junior Schools | 1,840 |
| Senior Schools | 1,745 |
| In addition there were in Special Schools (Outside the District) | 17 |
Medical Inspection.
Routine Medical Inspections have been carried out during
the year as required by the Board of Education.
The age groups examined are entrants, 8 year olds and
leavers. It will be observed from a perusal of the Tables that
1,689 children were examined of whom 356 were found to
require treatment. It is generally admitted that the introduction
of the routine medical inspection at schools was a pioneer
step in the development of the Health Service for the School