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4
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER.
(1) STAFF.
During the year Dr. Simpson continued as School Medical
Officer, the remaining personnel of the School Medical Service
suffering no change throughout the year.
(2) CO-ORDINATION.
(a) Infant and Child Welfare.
The School Medical Officer and Assistant School Medical
Officer are also Medical Officer of Health and Assistant Medical
Officer of Health respectively.
As pointed out in my Report for the past year—
"The nursing staff of the Education Authority is not engaged
"in the work of the Sanitary Authority, so that co-ordination in
"the fullest sense of the word is not complete. Although the present
"position is unavoidable, a distinct gain would result were the
"school nurses employed also, as part-time health visitors, so that
"the care of children of all ages up to 14, and in some cases even
"later, could he carried out by the same nursing staff."
The School Medical Service is run in close touch with the
Maternity and Child Welfare schemes of the district, the Tuber
culosis Dispensary, and the Barking Tuberculosis After-care
Committee.
(b) Nursery Schools.—There are no nursery schools in the
district, but in certain selected cases children between 4 and 5
years of age were admitted to the Infants' Departments of certain
elementary schools during the year.