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Report
of the School Medical Officer
March, 1932.
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 1931.
The average number of children on the school register
for the year was 3,982.
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.
The Eye Clinic met on Wednesday afternoons during
the School terms, 22 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,
39 children receiving treatment under the Scheme.
The number of attendances at the Inspection and Minor
Ailments Clinic was 5,391.
The new building in Grange Road to accommodate the
offices of the School Medical Service, Elementary Education,
Clinics, and the Open Air School was completed and occupied
on May 4th, and the Official Opening by the Mayor,
Councillor William Bell, J.P., took place on May 14th, 1931.