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County Borough of Croydon.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER
For the Year ending December 31st, 1936.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my Ninth Annua! Report
on the work carried out by the School Medical Service.
The form of the report follows that adopted previously, and
includes the requirements as set out in Form 6M (Schedule) of
the Board of Education.
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. The present method was undoubtedly the best when
introduced, but the mass of facts so obtained should now be