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Report
of the School Medical Officer.
To the Chairman and Members of the Education Committee
of the Royal Borough of Kingston-uponThames.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my Annual Report for the
year 1927.
The average number of children on the school register
for the year was 4,639.
There was no School closure on account of Infectious
Disease.
Medical Inspection was carried out as before, and the
high percentage of parents present speaks well for its
growing popularity. No objection to medical examination
of any child was received.
The School Dentist devoted three half-days a week to
dental inspection and treatment, but the time prosed insufficient
to cope with the work, and therefore will be extended
to four sessions per School week in the coming year.
The scheme for Orthopædic Treatment of crippled
children worked satisfactorily, both as regards in-patients
and out-patients.
The Eye Clinic was held on Wednesdays during the
School terms, 19 meetings in all being necessary during
the year.
Further progress was made by an arrangement for the
operative treatment of tonsils and adenoids at the Kingston
Victoria Hospital, which was commenced in October.