View report page

2
Edmonton Education Committee.
REPORT of the School Medical Officer
for the year ended December 31st, 1919.
Town Hall,
Edmonton, N.9.
To the Chairman and Members.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I herewith submit my Eighth Annual Report.
From July 1st Dr. R. H. Strong was appointed permanently as School
Medical Inspector and Assistant School Medical Officer.
As mentioned in my preface to the M.O.H. Report, I was absent for nearly
three months owing to ill-health, due to over-work long endured. This has
delayed the preparation of this Report, but it was unavoidable.
In my last report I said:—
" The Education Act of 1918 and the establishment of a School Clinic
will bring more work and responsibility of administration on me, your
School Medical Officer, and it is probable that one-sixth of my time will
not suffice for carrying out my old and new duties. This can easily be
arranged for, if I am relieved of the routine executive work as M.O.H.
by the appointment of an Assistant Medical Officer of Health."
Further experience convinces me that one-third of my time is required,
now the School Clinic is at work.
I had proposed to include in this report a commentary on the Education
Act, 1918, in its medical aspects, but I refrained from doing so, owing to
(partly) lack of time, and also with a view of keeping down the cost of producing
this Report. I hope I may be able to carry out my intention in the Report
of 1920. It is interesting to note that several Local Authorities are
approaching the Government with the suggestion that the provisions of this
Act involving great expense should be postponed in their operation.
I am, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
November, 1920.
SIDNEY C. LAWRENCE,
School Medical Officer.