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County Borough of Croydon.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER
For the Year ending December 31st, 1935.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my Eighth Annual
Report on the work carried out by the School Medical Service.
I he form of the report follows that adopted previously, and
includes the requirements as set out in Form 6M (Schedule) of
the Board of Education.
The effect of the re-arrangement of the times of the year
when the three statutory groups are examined, and which led to a
temporary fall in routine medical inspections last year, has now
practically cleared up. During 1935, 8,329) children were
examined, as compared with 6,352 in 1934.
Routine school medical inspection has now been in force for
a quarter of a century, and there has been little change in the
methods of its conduction. There is a growing opinion that the
time is overdue for some national modification of the present system