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COUNTY BOROUGH OF CROYDON
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE PRINCIPAL
SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER
FOR THE YEAR
1958
To the Chairman and Members of the Education Committee.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
In presenting for your consideration, the Report of the
Principal School Medical Officer for the year ending December
31st, 1958, it is appropriate to comment that this is the fiftyfifth
Annual Report to the Croydon Education Committee.
The Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry of Education noted
in his Annual Report for 1957 the fiftieth anniversary of the
School Medical Service, the Medical Inspection Clauses of the
Education (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1907, having become
operative in January 1908.
In Croydon, however, the Medical Officer of Health was appointed
Medical Officer of the Croydon School Board in 1901 and
the relevant Council Minutes state that this continued arrangements,
which had been in operation for some years. It is not,
however, until 1900 that any comment on "school hygiene" appears
in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
In 1904, there is for the first time a "Report to the
Education Committee". It is, therefore, not easy to decide on
an anniversary date, but it may be of some interest to compare
1908 with 1958.