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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER (EDUCATION) FOR THE
YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1905.
Two Reports were written by me as Medical Officer to the late School Board for London. It
will be to the advantage of the Educational Authority to have an Annual Review written of the
work done by the officers of the Educational Branch of the Public Health Department. This
review is of use as a kind of annual stocktaking of the gains in knowledge which the year has
brought and also of the things left undone. The present report being the first under the Council
includes, for the sake of completeness, a short résumé of the work presented in the previous
Reports to the late School Board.
The expansion of the Department under the late School Board was exceedingly rapid, and
continues under the Council. The continuous press of work to be done accounts for the Report
being this year delayed in appearance for several months.
EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES.
Candidates for employment under the Council must be certified as to their health by the
Council's Medical Examiner. In the case of candidates who will be engaged in the Schools
the examinations are, however, done in this Department, and in addition all successful candidates
for the Council Scholarships have to be examined here.