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Three changes occurred in the personnel of the Staff during the
year. Dr. Brooke, who had been Assistant Medical Officer since
January, 1932, resigned in April on the occasion of her marriage,
and was succeeded in May by Dr. Miller.
Mrs. Rudd, who had done very useful work for many years as
Medical Visitation Officer, retired on superannuation in November,
and her place has been taken by Miss Mitcham.
Miss Jarvis, the School Medical Clerk, retired in July on the
occasion of her marriage, and has been succeeded by Miss Chatfield.
All the members of the Staff are full-time officers with the
exception of the Ophthalmic Surgeon, the Aural Surgeon and the
Special Teacher for Speech Defects. The Ophthalmic Surgeon holds
six Eye Clinics per month and the Aural Surgeon two Ear Clinics
per month. The speech training classes are held twice weekly.
II.—CO-ORDINATION WITH OTHER HEALTH SERVICES.
The School Medical Officer is also Medical Officer of Health
and Medical Officer to the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee,
and there is naturally the closest possible co-operation between the
Child Welfare and the School Medical work. When children reach
school age their records are passed on from the Child Welfare Centres
to the School Medical Department, so that there is continuity of
observation and, where necessary, of treatment. By arrangement
also with the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee which pays
part of the salaries of the officers concerned, the Dental Clinic at
Stuart Villa is available for children under school age, and the
same is the case with the Eye and the Ear Clinics. This makes it
possible for defects in young children to be dealt with as soon as
they are discovered, instead of waiting until school age is reached
before treatment is provided.
III.—SCHOOL HYGIENE.
Compared with previous years very little work of any considerable
extent has been carried out on school buildings during
the year. The chief work done has been the installation of electric
light in the Lordship Lane Schools, the redecoration of these schools,
and the provision of a new block floor in the Lordship Lane Infant
School Hall.
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