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A. GENERAL.
School Accommodation.— There were 32 public elemenmentary
schools, with 81 departments and accommodation
for 25,311 children, in Willesden on 31st December, 1914.
In addition, there were three special schools, maintained by
the Local Education Authority, two for mentally defective
and one for physically defective children. Certain details
of construction with regard to Willesden schools are to be
found in the Annual Report for 1909.
Co-relation of School Medical and Public Health
Services.— This matter is dealt with in my Annual Report
for 1912. Complete co-relation exists, as the Medical
Officer of Health is also School Medical Officer.
Organization and Supervision of Medical Inspection.—
In accordance with resolutions passed at the end of
1913, two whole-time Assistant Medical Officers and two
Health Visitors were appointed at the beginning of 1914
to carry out medical inspection, in place of the 36 part-time
Medical Officers previously employed. The appointed
Assistant Medical Officers commenced duty in March, 1914,
and the method of medical inspection was reorganised, a
new scheme being introduced, which has now been in opertion
for ten months with satisfactory results.
The need for closer association between the School
Attendance Department and the School Medical Service, to
which attention was drawn by the Board of Education on
18th of September, 1913, and on which I reported to the
Education Committee on 3rd October, 1913, is still under
consideration.
In September, 1914, the appointment of a third Assistant
Medical Officer was made, on account of the Treatment
of Eyes, and the extra work thrown on the Department