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STAFF.
Your School Medical Officer was demobilised in February,
and from that time resumed his whole time employment under
the Council.
Dr. Ball also returned from military duties early in the year,
but left us in August on his appointment as Medical Officer of
Health to the Borough of Middleton.
Whilst he was with us he re-commenced the routine inspections
at the schools, and completed the examinations of the
Entrants. After August, Dr. Kennedy resumed his work of
inspection of the ailing children, but as Dr. Ball's position was
not filled until March of this year (1920), the examination of the
Routine Groups was suspended.
Late in the year, William Nicoll, M.A., M.D., D.Sc. St.
Andrew's University, D.P.H. Cambridge, who had been doing
School Medical Work under the East Sussex County Council,
was appointed Deputy Medical Officer of Health and Deputy
School Medical Officer.
The three School Nurses, one of whose time is wholly taken
up with the School Dentist, have visited the schools with the
doctors and independently; have visited the homes of the
children for following up cases referred for treatment, and for
other reasons, e.g., enquiring into home conditions of cases of
Scabies, etc. ; have attended the Inspection Clinic and carried
out the treatment of minor ailments.
A second Dental Surgeon, Mr. James Ernest Horton,
L.D.S., R.C.S. Eng., has been appointed, and will commence
his duties in May, 1920.
SCHOOL CLINICS.
INSPECTION CLINIC.
As previously reported, the Inspection and Minor Ailments'
Clinic are held every morning at the Town Hall, and are closely
associated, children being passed on from the Inspection to the