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Kingston upon Thames 1932

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

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CO-ORDINATION.
The School Medical Officer is also Medical Officer of
Health.
The School Nurses are also Health Visitors, and each
carries out Maternity, Child Welfare, Infant Life Protection
and School work.
Records of infants are transferred to the School
Medical Service as soon as these infants attain the age of
five.
The Offices of the School Medical Service, Elementary
Education, and Public Health Department together with the
Clinics and Open Air School are all centralised at the
building in Grange Road, which makes co-ordination and
co-operation between the Health Services easy and complete.
SCHOOL HYGIENE.
Bonner Hill Road School.
Internal decorations to four class rooms were carried
out during the Summer vacation.
The hut formerly used for Manual Training was
occupied as a class room for the Central Girls' Department
upon reorganisation of the Council Schools. The roof was
rendered waterproof, a central partition was erected, and
an internal lining was provided as a ceiling.
Wire fencing was erected to separate the Infants' and
Girls' playgrounds.
Richmond Road School.
The Infants' School was painted outside and drainage
works were carried out.
St. Agatha's School.
Internal repairs and re-decorations.