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COUNTY BOROUGH OF CROYDON.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER
For the Year Ending December 31st, 1923.
GENERAL.
I had the privilege of commencing my duties as School
Medical Officer in June, Dr. Kerr Simpson having been in charge
of the work as Acting School Medical Officer from the beginning
of the year up to that date.
No notable changes in the school medical arrangements have
to be recorded for 1923. It is not necessary in this report to
refer to minor administrative adjustments, which are the natural
accompaniment of a change of staff.
Towards the end of the year the scheme for dental treatment
of elementary school children came under review, and a report
for the progressive extension of the work was adopted by the
Committee early in 1924. Reference is made to this in a subsequent
section, and the report is set out in the appendix.
At the request of the Board of Education, the Committee
considered the question of a charge for treatment provided at its
various clinics, and adopted a scale of fees in regard to certain
forms of treatment. The report on the subject is set out in the
appendix.
At the end of the year revised models for the annual statistical
tables were received from the Board of Education, and these
have been adopted in the present report. The general arrangement
of the report, as in previous years, is in the form prescribed
by the Board.
STAFF.
1.—Medical:—
(a) Whole-time Officers.
The Medical Officer of Health is also School Medical Officer,
and in that capacity supervises the work of the school medical
service. The present School Medical Officer took up his duties
at the beginning of June, 1923, Dr. Kerr Simpson, the Acting
School Medical Officer, being responsible for the work up to that
date.