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LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE PRINCIPAL
SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER
FOR THE YEAR
1966
To the Chairman and Members of the Education Committee:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
This second Annual Report of the work of the School Health Service
for the London Borough of Croydon records a year in which basic routines
were steadily maintained, and in the main, planned developments successfully
achieved. Unsolved problems involved staffing shortages and new
buildings which are programmed for future years.
Routine Medical Inspections
The system remained unchanged after a Committee decision that we
should continue to divide the four examinations equally between primary
and secondary schools. The numbers of children examined and defects
found increased. As part of the general investigation into the value of
medical inspections, family doctors co-operated in an enquiry about the
relevance of the defects detected in some 400 school children. This
showed that the majority of defects found at school inspections were not
previously known to the general practitioners*, and even when they had
prior knowledge, specialist investigations were usually supported.