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detail might ensue. Proper proportion of the cost of the service
will, however, rightly be placed with the Regional Hospital
Board and the Local Executive Council of the General Practitioners'
Service with whom the financial responsibility ultimately must
reside.
Looking further into the future it is possible to glimpse the
scene where the general medical practitioner takes an integral
part, working with colleagues of the School Health Service, in the
Health Centres to be provided by the Council.
The general practitioners will combine with the School
Health staff in a united endeavour, by health education, prophylactic
measures, and preventive immunisation, to stamp out much
of the incapacitating sickness which is a considerable factor in
retarding general scholastic advance in many children.
My grateful thanks are due to the Chairman and members of
the Education Committee for their invaluable help and support
during the year and I am indebted to the Chief Education Officer
and teachers, to my Deputy and all the members of the medical,
dental, nursing and lay staff for their unremitting co-operation in
the maintenance of an efficient school health service.
I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
Malcolm Barker,
School Medical Officer.