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Report
of the School Medical Officer.
March, 1930.
To the Chairman and Members of the Education Committee
of the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon
Thames.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my Annual Report for the
year 1929.
The average number of children on the school register
for the year was 4,389.
Medical Inspection was carried out on the same lines
as beiore, and no objection to medical examination of a
child was received from any parent.
The removal of the Clinic from " Elmfield " to temporary
accommodation in the new building in Bonner Hill
Road was effected in January.
The building was scarcely completed at the time, with
the result that some delay was experienced before Eye and
Dental work could be recommenced. For these services
special fittings and fixtures were necessary, which could not be
fixed until various electrical and gas points had been provided.
The first floor of these premises was adapted for the
work, and though far from ideal, the accommodation has
allowed all branches of the Service to be carried on efficiently.
The Physically Defective School was transferred from
"Elmfield" to the ground floor of the same building.
Four half-days a week were devoted to Dental work,
affording treatment of children up to the age of eleven.
The Scheme for Orthopædic treatment of crippled
children was carried on as before, out-patients receiving
treatment at the Red Cross Post, Norbiton, and in-patients
at St. Vincent's Orthopaedic Hospital, Pinner.