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Kingston upon Thames 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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CO-ORDINATION.
The School Medical Officer being also Medical Officer
of Health, and the Nurses' duties being arranged so that
each Nurse gains experience in all branches of both School
and Maternity and Child Welfare Work, secures that the
Staff looks after infants both before and after they reach
school age, and makes for efficient working between the
various ramifications of the Public Health Services.
In May the new building in Grange Road was completed,
when the School Medical Service, Elementary Education
Offices, Maternity and Child Welfare, and Public Health
Department were all centralised under one roof. As a result
co-ordination between the various branches is easy, and the
efficiency of the Medical Services generally has been
enhanced.
SCHOOL HYGIENE.
Bonner Hill Road School.
External painting has been carried out in all departments.
The Domestic Subjects Centre has been painted
externally and decorated throughout internally.
Richmond Road School.
The Boys' and Girls' Departments have been painted
externally.
St. Luke's School.
In the Boys' and Girls' Departments, head teachers'
rooms were added, and also additional cloakrooms. The
School was redecorated inside and out, and in parts the
flooring was renewed.
St. Paul's School.
A considerable amount of the flooring was renewed
and improved gas fittings fixed.
Drainage works were carried out and completed before
the School reopened in January.
St. Peter's School.
Two stoves were renewed.