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]. Staff.— Dr. Jessie A. MacLaren, Assistant Medical Officer,
terminated her appointment on the 30th July, 1929.
Dr. Kathleen Edgecombe, appointed Assistant Medical Officer,
vice Dr. MacLaren, commenced duties on the 31st July, 1929.
Dr. Anne Crow, Assistant School Dentist, commenced duties
on the 26th August, 1929.
With these exceptions the medical and nursing stafis remained
unchanged during the year.
An additional School Nurse will shortly be required, provision
for this having been made in the estimates.
2. Co-ordination.—Vide Annual Report, 1920.
THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE IN RELATION TO
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
3.—School Premises.—There are 20 schools, with 45 departments.
The schools have accommodation for 17,463 scholars, and
15,562 were actually on the rolls on December 31st, 1929.
The Gearies' School at Gants Hill Crescent, to accommodate
1.152 children, was opened on the 26th August.
The St. Vincent's Catholic School, Waldegrave Road, to
accommodate 360 children, was opened on the 26th August.
The Fairlop Temporary School, Fencepiece Road, to accommodate
300 junior mixed children, was opened on the 2nd December.
The Mayesbrook Temporary School, to accommodate 350 junior
mixed children is nearing completion, and will be opened during
the early part of the ensuing year.