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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bexley 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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THE SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE AND HANDICAPPED
PUPILS REGULATIONS, 1953. CIRCULAR
269, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DATED 25.8.53.
The Minister has made new Regulations, called the
School Health Service and Handicapped Pupils Regulations,
1953 (S.I. 1953 No. 1,156) to take the place of the Handicapped
Pupils and School Health Service Regulations 1945.
They took effect from the 4th August, 1953.
The Regulations incorporate changes which have been
found to be desirable as a result of eight years experience
of the working of the previous Regulations and of the
Education Act, 1944
Title of School Medical and Dental Officers.
Under Regulation 5, the medical officer in charge of the
School Health Service will be known in future as the Principal
School Medical Officer. It is suggested that medical
officers on his staff should now be called School Medical
Officers instead of Assistant School Medical Officers.
A change has also been made, in Regulation 6, in the
title of the dental officer responsible to the Principal School
Medical Officer for the conduct of the Authority's School
Dental Service. This officer will in future be called the
Principal School Dental Officer instead of the Senior Dental
Officer as previously.
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Swimming.
During 1953 schools again took advantage of the facilities available for school swimming. Attendances at the baths at Plumstead, Eltham and Danson Park were: —
| Schools. | Attendances. | No. of Children. |
|---|---|---|
| Secondary | 30 classes of 25-30 children each week | approx. 900 per week. |
| Primary | 31 classes of 30-35 children each week | approx. 1,000 per week. |
| Total | 1,900 per week. | |