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School Health Service
Considerable parts of former L.C.C. Health Divisions 7 and 8 fell within the
area of the new London Borough of Southwark (the former Metropolitan Boroughs
of Bermondsey, Camberwell and Southwark) and the revised arrangements for the
administration of the School Health Service caused a number of problems especially
as so many senior medical, nursing and administrative staff were new to the area:
the help and co-operation of heads of schools was greatly appreciated.
Reference is made later to certain medical matters but the full implications of
some aspects of the work could not be fully ascertained in the short period under
review.
Schools and Pupils
There are 118 county and voluntary schools in the area of the London Borough
of Southwark.
Primary (including nursery schools) 77
Secondary (including grammar schools) 34
Special schools 7
The special schools include four for educationally sub-normal pupils, one for
deaf children, one for partially sighted and one for maladjusted children. There is
a partially-hearing unit attached to one of the primary schools.
As some primary schools had separate departments for infants and junior
children, the number of head teachers to be consulted was 154.
The number of children attending schools in the Borough was approximately
49,000; details as at 1st April, 1965, were:—
I.L.E.A. *Other Totals
Schools Schools
Primary schools 21,133 7,462 28,595
Secondary schools 14,340 5,343 19,683
Special schools 600 — 600
48,878
* 44 voluntary, direct grant, and independent schools.
More children attended schools in the London Borough of Southwark than in
any other Inner London Borough.
Medical Inspections
(i) Routine. Routine examinations were conducted:
(1) at age 5 (admission to primary school);
(2) at age 7 (from infants' to junior school);
(3) at age 11 (admission to secondary school);
(4) at age 14 (in last year at school) or later.
The total examinations for the period 1st April, 1965 to 31st December,
1965 were 11,888.
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