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chronic ill-health. Further, the development of physical
training, organised games, modern school buildings and
equipment, and the practising of hygiene by the children
whilst at school, all play their part in keeping the child
in a state of health both in body and mind and fit to
receive the education provided by the Local Edxication
Authority.
There is, in Bromley, an increasing need for the provision
of nursery classes for the guidance of the " nervous
child," who is now so common among the three and four
years of age children, and who make manifest their
condition by night terrors, bed-wetting and other forms of
anxiety. The rapid improvement these children make on
entry to school life indicates the value of early admission
to school.
1 would like to make special reference to Mr. T. S.
Latham's report on the Dental Service, which is included
in this Report, and I am personally indebted to the Staff,
both permanent and part-time, for the interest they have
taken in their various duties, and also to the Chief
Education Officer for Lis assistance in the many administrative
problems that arise from time to time.
Summary of Statistics, 1937.
School Roll 5603
No. of individual children who attended
medical clinics 2458
No. of individual children medically
examined at schools 1815
No. of medical examinations at the clinics 9535
(a) North Clinic 5140
(b) South Clinic 4395
No. of attendances for treatment at clinics
by (he School Nurses 8771
(a) North Clinic 4204
(b) South Clinic 4567
No. of attendances for treatment at the
Dental Clinics 4764
No. of treatments at the Eye Clinic 661