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To the Chairman and Members of the Education Committee
of the Urban District Council of Finchley.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my report on the work of
the School Medical Service for the year 1928.
There has been no new extension of the scheme during
the year, but the work carried out continues to increase in all
branches. The number of children examined and the number
treated at the various clinics are higher than in any previous
year. The cleanliness of the children continues to improve,
and for the first time no child required to be dealt with at
the Cleansing Station, while for the third successive year no
case of ringworm of the scalp was discovered.
The incidence of certain infectious diseases has been
rather heavy, there having been fairly wide-spread epidemics
of measles, whooping-cough and chicken-pox, which greatly
affected the school attendance.
Five hundred copies of "Better Health" have been distributed
among the senior schools every month, and the Head
Teachers speak very highly of the Educational value of this
publication.
I have to thank Mr. Cogdale, the Head Teachers and the
Staff generally for their willing co-operation in all matters
connected with the School Medical Service.
I am,
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your Obedient Servant,
A. TURNER,
School Medical Officer.
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