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The Inner London Education Authority is responsible for the School Health
Service, but by virtue of an agreement required by Section 32 of the London Government
Act, 1963, there is joint use by that Authority and the Borough Council of professional
staff, premises, and equipment. The Medical Officer of Health is the Principal
School Medical Officer of the Inner London Education Authority for the area and is
responsible to that Authority for the day-to-day running of the School Health Service.
The School Population
Of the Inner London Boroughs, Southwark has the highest school population.
The number of children on the roll of the Borough's schools is 49,895. This shows an
increase of approximately 200 over the previous year's total.
Schools
The total number of schools in Southwark is 108. This total is comprised of the
following:—
County Schools: Primary 48
Secondary 15
Voluntary Schools: Primary 25
Secondary 11
Nursery Schools: 2
Special Schools: for Educationally
Subnormal children 4
for Severely Educationally
Subnormal children 2
for Maladjusted children 1
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34 of the primary schools have separate departments for infant and junior children,
and each department has its own head teacher.
During 1971 the number of Nursery Classes in the Borough increased from 35 to
40 of which seven are full time Classes.
There are 2 Partially Hearing Units attached to primary schools in the Borough.
Medical Inspections
During 1971, 18,231 children were examined at routine school medical inspections.
These routine inspections are carried out four times in each pupil's school life:
at entry into Infant School, Junior School, Secondary School and also in the last year
at school. Children in Nursery Schools are seen annually.
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