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33
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Medical Officer
FOR THE YEAR 1944.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
We beg to submit the following report upon the schools and
the school children of Acton for the year 1944.
As requested by the Ministry of Education the report will be
mainly statistical and brief.
All schools and school Clinics were open during the yea'r
although school attendances were greatly affected by the Fly-bomb
attacks in June and July. 78*2 unaccompanied children were
evacuated because of this, all being medically examined, and where
necessary, given treatment for verminous condition and for scabies
before being sent away.
Diphtheria immunisation was carried out as previously, regular
takifkly sessions being conducted at the School Clinic for that purpose.
The percentage of children inoculated is given for each school
in a table included in the Report.
The number of children on the roll at the end of the year was
3,821. 13 Nursery classes were open during the year.
The number of cases of Scabies treated was slightly less than
last year, which in its turn was less than the year before.
Speech Therapy classes were held as before.
School Nurses exercised careful supervision over the schools,
paying particular attention to verminous conditions. The number
of individual children found to be infected was less than in 1943.