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EDUCATION COMMITTEE
at 31st December, 1945.
Alderman F. W. Isard (Chairman).
Councillor L. L. Irwin, M.A., LL.B. (Vice-Chairman).
Alderman M. Stafford Smith, M.B.E., B.A.
Councillors H. Dorrett, H. L. Elphick, B. J. Finnie. M.C.,
H.M.V. Green, C. G. Griffin, F. G. Hamilton-Spratt, H. LynchWatson,
F. Sutcliffe, F.R.I.B.A., and H. M. Vincent (Mayor).
Co-opted Members: The Rev. F. W. Armstrong, M.A., Mr.
G. J. Gully, J.P., Lt.-Col. E. J. Heilbron, Mrs. A. M. Howe, J.P.,
Mr. H. J. Lester, Mr. L. Harvey Lowe, Mrs. E. J. Munn, and
the Rev. Q. G. Whitfield, M.A.
Officers (at 1st April, 1946):—
Borough Education Officer: H. W. C. Eisel, M.A., M.Litt.,
M.Ed.
Assistant Borough Education Officer : A. C. Cleveland.
Chief School Enquiry Officer: .E. P. J. Wythe.
Introduction.
In this my 21st Annual Report on the School Medical
Services as applicable to Bromley, and as suggested by the
Minister of Education, I present only a brief report on the
health and well-being of pupils during 1945.
As the figures for 1945 will show, the services were fully
occupied ministering to the health needs of pupils, and a great
deal of work was accomplished. It was not a year in which it
was easy to pursue an ordered routine. The new Education
legislation commenced to introduce administrative changes
which have not yet completed their transitional phase,
and the form in which medical and dantal records shall be kept
in future is under consideration by the Ministry of Education.
Thus, administratively, we might well be described as being in a
state of suspended animation; but I am satisfied that the School
Medical Services as built up in past years will prove flexible
enough to meet and absorb whatever new policies and extensions
are demanded of them.
With the return of evacuated children during 1945, the
school roll was increased to 5,000 by the end of the year. Many
needed our special attention, and upwards of 72 per cent. of