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The policy of providing subsiduary minor ailment clinics in
conveniently situated schools continued, and arrangements were
made for one to open in New Addington.
The ascertainment of handicapped pupils and their proper
educational placement were assisted by extensions to local day
special schools. The position regarding residential special school
places was also easier. Recommendations for recuperative holidays
increased, and since this is a permissive service, they were
finally limited by financial consideration.
The Senior Dental Surgeon deals with the difficulties of the
school dental service where merely to maintain the existing staff
with an increasing school population has necessarily meant a
relative weakening of the service.
Speech therapy is a duty which the present staff, giving
part-time service only, cannot adequately cope.
However, the difficulties of the Education Committee in trying
to meet greater demands from all sections with a limited budget
are understood, and I must express my appreciation of their
sympathetic endeavours to maintain and augment the School
Health Service.
I thank also the members of the Education Department for
their unfailing co-operation and the School Health staff for
meeting the challenge of the increasing school population with
resource and zeal.