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33
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
School Medical Officer
FOR THE YEAR 1943.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
We beg to submit the following report upon the schools and
school children of Acton for the year 1943.
As requested by the Board of Education the report will be as
brief as possible, and mainly statistical in form.
All schools were open for the year 1943, and all Clinics were
continued as in previous years. The only change in School Medical
inspection was made, when in response to a suggestion in Circular
1604, school entrants and leavers were concentrated on in preference
to the middle years of school life. Later, however, it was found
possible to return to the former method of examining entrants,
intermediates and leavers as we used to do.
Diphtheria immunisation was carried out as previously, but it
was not found possible to visit schools to perform inoculations there,
and cases for inoculation were called from all schools to the School
Clinic, where regular weekly sessions for that purpose were held.
The number of children on the roll at the end of the year was
5,110, and during the year three (3) additional nursery classes were
opened, making a total of 15.
Speech Therapy classes were held during the year, Miss Richnell,
who joined the staff in October 1942 for that purpose, has submitted
a resume of the work which is included in the report.
Scabies continued to be a troublesome complaint, but during
the year there were fewer cases than in 1942—perhaps an encouraging
sign that the peak number for this disease has been passed,