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The actual number of elementary school children presented for
medical examination was a little less than in the previous year,
but new work performed by the staff in other directions— the
provision of ophthalmic and dental treatment for secondary school
children and the immunization of children against diphtheria—
more than balanced this slight decrease in routine inspections.
Staff.—One important addition to the staff has to be recorded.
Early in the year the Education Committee decided that a parttime
ophthalmic surgeon should be appointed when an opportunity
arose. The resignation of Dr. J. D. Kershaw on his appointment
as Medical Officer of Health for Accrington, provided a suitable
opportunity for this new appointment and Mr. L. G. Scoular,
M.B., Ch.B., D.O.M.S., was subsequently appointed and commenced
his duties on the 12th November. The appointment of an ophthalmic
surgeon was instrumental in making the new assistant
medical officer, Dr. M. MacGregor, available for other work
on the sessions his predecessor acted as School Oculist. No other
additions were made to the staff during the year.
The continued increase in the number of school children to
be dealt with, the new treatment services which are being provided,
and the opening of two new Health Centres within the next few
months, make it apparent that substantial additions to the staff
will soon be called for.
THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE IN RELATION TO
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
School Hygiene.
Children whose parents move to the rapidly developing
Greenford and Northolt areas are extremely fortunate as they
receive their education under the most hygienic conditions. All
new schools provided by the Education Committee for juniors and
infants in recent years have been of the open-air type. No less
than six new Departments were opened during the year, (1) Ravenor
Junior Mixed and Infants, (2) West End Senior Girls, (3) West
End Junior Mixed, (4) Horsenden Senior Boys, (5) Selborne Senior