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Members of Welfare Committee:
Alderman M. Stafford Smith (Chairman).
Mrs. A. M. Howe, J.P. (Vice-Chairman).
Alderman F. W. Isard.
Councillor, H. Dorrett.
Councillor H. L. Elphick.
Councillor H. M. V. Green.
Councillor A. L. Hill.
Mrs. E. J. Munn.
Officers of Committee:
Borough Education Officer: H. W. C. Eisel, M.A., M.Litt., I.Ed.
Assistant Borough Education Officer: A. C. Cleveland.
Chief School Enquiry Officer: E. P. J. Wythe.
Introduction.
To the Chairman and members of the Welfare Committee.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The year 1946 saw the beginnings of the working of the
service under the Act of 1944, Bromley being an "excepted
area " with limited self-government of the Health Services but
sufficiently elastic to allow of local initiative. The statistics
indicate the scope of the work performed during the year but
are low for a normal year owing to the absence of medical staff
for prolonged periods of sickness. During the latter part of the
year medical inspections and treatment of the Grammar Schools
was undertaken by the Bromley staff and it is hoped that the
year 1947 will see an extension of medical supervision of the
child at school. One looks forward with interest to a Complete
and effective service.
The year 1946 saw, too, an endeavour within the Health
Department to associate the individual with the family as a
unit and to link up the defect with the home environment. This