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Annual Report of School
Medical Officer
DENNIS H. GEFFEN,
M.D., B.S., D.P.H., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
For the year ending 31st December, 1939.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Enfield Education Committee.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my Annual Report on the health of school
children of Enfield for the year ending 31st December, 1939.
The work of the School Medical Department was continued on
the same lines as in previous years until the outbreak of the war in
September. The schools, which were closed for the Summer holidays
did not re-open, and the staff of the School Medical Department was
employed in the Air Raid Precaution Casualty Service. Eastern Enfield
is an evacuation area and western Enfield a neutral area. The schools
in the neutral area were opened for part-time education at the
beginning of October, and some of the School Medical Services were
recommenced as soon as the schools opened. The scope of the work
then gradually increased until by the end of the year it was possible to
return almost to pre-war conditions.
I beg to take this opportunity of thanking the Committee for the
courtesy it has always extended to me, and to pay tribute to my
colleague, Mr. Pascal, and to every member of the School Medical
Department who has helped me during the year.
I am, Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
Dennis H. Geffen,
School Medical Officer.