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EDMONTON EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
REPORT of the School Medical Officer for the
Year ended December 31st, 1913.
" Ignorance is the curse of God,
Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to Heaven."—
Shakespeare's "King Henry VI."
Town Hall, Edmonton,
22nd June, 1914.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Edmonton Education Committee.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the pleasure of submitting my second Annual Report as School
Medical Officer. I desire, on behalf of my staff and myself, to express our
thanks to Mr. Heap, the attendance officers, and the teachers, for their hearty
co-operation at all times. The good work of medical inspection can only
have its best results when we are all united in promoting the welfare of the
children.
The special articles in last year's Report by my colleague, Dr. F. E. Rock,
on "Inheritance of Predisposition towards Scarlet Fever," "Temperatures of
School Children," and ''Co-relation between Decayed Teeth and Enlarged
Tonsils" have been much appreciated.
This report and the tables at the end are in the form suggested by
Sir George Newman, the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education.
I am, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
SIDNEY C. LAWRENCE,
School Medical Officer.