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County Borough of Croydon.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER
For the Year ending December 31st, 1930.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Croydon Education Committee.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my report on the work
carried out by the School Medical Service in 1930.
Certain expansions of the work have taken place during the
year. A branch Clinic was opened in Selhurst Road to deal with
cases of Minor Ailments and Dental defects in children attending
schools in that area. In order that the dental scheme could
be more complete, and to staff the new Clinic a third dental
surgeon commenced his duties in March. This addition to the
professional staff has enabled an expansion of dental inspection
and treatment, and the five year old group, and the 14 year old
group are now included for this purpose. An increase of 5,216
children inspected and 1,722 treated shows that the appointment
was justified. The total number of dental sessions held during
the year increased from 839 in 1929 to 1,201 in the year under
review. It is hoped the larger proportion of school children now
being reached will result in a gradual raising of the standard of
the teeth, though a certain responsibility also rests on the parents
both from the preventive and the remedial aspects.
Another small, but useful expansion was the establishment
of a class for Myopic children. This is held in a room at the
Thornton Heath Library, and is conducted by a specially qualified
teacher. The children are examined each term by one of the
school medical officers, and when the occasion arises, by the parttime
specialist ophthalmic surgeon, on whose recommendation
the children are admitted.