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is doing so much for the child with early deformities,
and doing so much to eliminate the cripple from our
schools. This brought into the staff a Masseuse, and
a part time Orthopaedic Specialist, and in the same
year an additional junior clerk was appointed. The
increasing use made of the Public Health Services
in 1927, and the development of the Borough by
the building of the Downham Estate, for economic
reasons part-time medical assistance was replaced by the
appointment of a full-time Assistant Medical Officer of
Health, and an additional Health Visitor. The following
year saw the completion of the new School Clinic, which
allowed us to continue the operations for tonsils and
adenoids under hospital conditions, and the appointment
of a part-time Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist. In 1929
the part-time Dentist was replaced by a full-time Dentist,
with the result that the Dental Service is now able to cope
with the demand for a complete Dental Service. In this
year also an Ultra Violet Lamp was given to the Clinic,
a Diphtheria Immunising Clinic was developed, and is now
dealing with some 200 children per year. Beyond provision
of treatment for necessitous secondary school
children, there has been no extension of the School Medical
Service since 1929. 1930 saw the consolidation of our
existing services and improvement in details.
Beyond praise is the help given to the staff by Miss
Carter and the voluntary workers of the Bromley Children's
Care Committee. Without this help at our Clinics, not
only would the work be less effective, but the cost of the
services would be increased. A word too is due to the
teachers and parents who gave us at all times such happy
co-operation.
Hygiene of Schools.
The modern aspect of school hygiene is something
greater than the washing of floors, and the general cleanliness
of class-rooms and lavatories. The principles of
school structure have been modernised, so that the few
hours spent in school will be spent under conditions ideal
to health. It is for this reason that the principles of