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SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
Readers are referred to the comments on the school health
service on pages 5 and 6.
The population of the borough, estimated by the Registrar
General, was 142.690 at mid-1970.
In January 1971 the number of pupils on the registers of
maintained schools was 20,060 made up as follows:
Primary Schools 11,835
Secondary Schools 7,940
Nursery Schools 78
Special Schools 207
In addition it is estimated that 2,900 children attend
independent schools registered under Part III of the Education Act
194^, and 560 attend the direct grant school which is served by the
school health service.
The number of maintained schools in the borough on 31st
December 1970 was 57: 13 secondary, 40 primary, 1 nursery, 2 special.
One direct grant school was included in the school health service
under the terms of Section 78 of the Education Act 1944.
Staff
The Medical Officer of Health and his Deputy are also Principal
and Deputy Principal School Medical Officers and were assisted by two
senior and one other medical officer., The services of sessionally
employed medical officers are also used to maintain the programme of
fixed appointments at clinics and as reliefs for leave and sickness.
The health visiting staff consisting of a Superintendent Health
Visitor, a Deputy Superintendent and 28 health visitors carry out the
functions of school nurses, devoting about 20 per cent of their time
to duties in connection with the school health service.
Sessionally employed state registered nurses work with
medical officers at medical inspections in secondary schools, immunisation
sessions and general medical clinics, and are responsible for vision
testing of thirteen and sixteen-year-old pupils.