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County Borough of East Ham Education Committee
TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE
EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present the Annual Report on the
School Medical Department of the County Borough of East
Ham for the year ended 31st December, 1936.
There were 16,660 children on the School Roll as
compared with 17,370 for the year 1935.
The number of routine and special cases, of elementary
school children, examined, totalled 9,037, showing an increase
on the previous year of 123. Of this number 3,664
were re-examined at the time of re-inspection in the
schools.
The routine medical examination of 1,016 pupils
attending the Secondary Schools has also been carried out.
An important decision of the Education Committee, to
admit children at the age of 4½ years to the Elementary
Schools, has met with an appreciable response (951 admissions
being recorded during the Autumn Term of 1936).
As this facility becomes more widely known there is no
doubt that a large number of children under the age of
five years will enter school: these will come within the
purview of the School Medical Service and to that extent
the problem of the pre-school child will be simplified.
There has been no outstanding development in the
School Medical Department during the year, and consideration
of the Administrative Programme of Educational
Development (Circular 1,444), issued by the Board of
Education, indicates that the Local Education Authority has
made adequate provision in regard to most of the services
mentioned. Certain deficiencies exist however, and the
position was briefly reported to the Education Committee in
March 1936:—