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Report
of the School Medical Officer.
March, 1931.
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 1930.
The average number of children on the school register
for the year was 4,057.
Medical Inspection was carried out on the same lines
as before, and no objection to medical examination of a
child was received from any parent.
Five half-days a week were devoted to Dental work,
affording treatment of children up to the age of twelve.
The Scheme for Orthopaedic 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.
The Eye Clinic met on Wednesday afternoons during
the School terms, 21 meetings in all being necessary during
the year.
The Scheme for the operative treatment of tonsils and
adenoids at the Kingston Victoria Hospital worked satisfactorily,
36 children receiving treatment under the Scheme.
The work of the Inspection and Minor Ailments Clinic
continues to increase, there having been 7,448 attendances
during the year.
In June a Scheme to complete the School Medical
Service was presented. The Scheme entailed three additional
Dental Sessions a week in order that the whole
School population might come under dental inspection and