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6
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER
For the Year 1929.
(i) STAFF.
The staff of the public medical services is still responsible to
two separate committees of the Council. The central government,
in conformity with past precedent, will probably await a definite
lead from Local Authorities on this important question. I would
like Barking to give the necessary lead to the Government by
unifying the divided committee work on matters affecting the health
of the people.
Dr. M. J. Lough died in May, 1929, and Dr. G. Bevan was
appointed to fill the vacant post.
Mr. H. Smyth left us in July, 1929, and Mr. \Y. H. Foy was
appointed to fill his post.
The resignation of Miss F. Young was mentioned in the Annual
Report for 1928. This took effect in January, 1929, and Miss G.
Geden was appointed as dental nurse in her place.
(2) CO-ORDINATION.
Elsewhere I have been happy to pay tribute to the very real
team spirit which I have found in Barking, in which all the various
departments of your municipal activities play a part.
It is this team spirit which makes possible any scheme of
government, which on paper might appear rather disjointed.