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Report of School Medical
Officer.
A.—General Review or the Hygienic Conditions
prevalent in the District.
Under the authority of the Erith Education Committee,
there are 9 provided Schools with 18 Departments,
and 2 non-provided Schools with 3 Departments.
The Schools are modern in design, are well situated
and surrounded by open spaces with plenty of air.
Dustolio is being used on the floors for keeping down
the dust. The Central School at Picardy has now been
taken over from Messrs. Vickers, who were using it as a
Hostel.
During the last few months of the year we were
again visited by an epidemic of Mumps, but have had
no other serious visitation by epidemic disease.
B.—Description of the arrangements for the Corelation
of the School Medical Service with
the Public Health Service, for the organisation
and supervision of Medical Inspection, and
an account of the Methods of Inspection
employed.
The arrangements made during the previous years
of 1917 and 1918 were continued for the first 2 months
of 1919. At that date, March 1st, Dr. Jerman returned
from his War Service and took up his duties as Medical
Officer of Health. Dr. Hardie, who had been acting as
temporary School Medical Officer, was retained to continue
the School Medical Service work until such time
as a full time officer should be appointed. It was felt
that the work had grown in size and importance, and