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In March, 1935, the Essex County Council approached the
Leyton Education Authority to ascertain whether, and on what
terms, the Leyton Authority would co-operate in the provision of
medical and dental inspection and treatment of Secondary and
Technical School Pupils attending County Council Schools situated
within the Borough of Leyton.
On the instruction of the Education Authority, your School
Medical Officer submitted the following report on the matter in
February, 1937.
Report of School Medical Officrr—February, 1937.
Number of Pupils attending County High Schools situated
in Leyton:—
(a) County High School for Girls 454
(b) County High School for Boys 524
(c) Junior Technical School 343
(d) Art School 56
Total 1,377
Of the pupils in attendance at these secondary schools at the
end of 1935, some 57 per cent, were actually resident in Leyton,
and 55 per cent, had attended Leyton elementary schools
previously.
Under present arrangements County secondary and
technical scholars are submitted to routine medical inspection
three times during their school careers. I estimate that such
routine medical inspection, special inspection and re-inspection
of 1,377 scholars would require the services of a full-time
school medical officer and school nurse for about five weeks.
I understand that the County Council are considering the
advisability of arranging for routine medical inspection annually
(instead of every second year). Such an arrangement
would require the services of the school doctor and nurse for
nearly double the period specified above.
In 1935 the number of County children found at routine
medieal inspection to require treatment was 12.72 per cent,
of those inspected, the comparative figure for Leyton elementary
school children being 18.5 per cent.