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To the Chairman and Members
of the
Walthamstow Education Committee.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present herewith a report on the work of
your School Medical and other Services during 1930.
From the Departmental standpoint the outstanding event of the
year was the retirement of Dr. J. J. Clarke, first School Medical
Officer to your Authority, who, as you are aware, has built up
what I consider to be a well-organised and efficient service. I
would like to take this opportunity of acknowledging Dr. Clarke's
invariable willingness to help and his ready response to any appeals
made by me since taking up my duties.
The year 1930 being the last of the quinquennium an attempt
has been made to review the work of the past five years. It will,
I trust, be agreed that both quality and quantity have been well
up to the standard of previous years.
The extensions of service during 1930 included the appointment of
a second Dental Surgeon early in the year, and of two School
Nurses.
Your Committee's future programme includes, I believe, two
new Nursery Schoolsone each in the Higham Hill and Wood Street
areas-an Open Air School, and new buildings for the Blind School.
In addition a proposal to set up a Rheumatism Supervisory Centre
has been approved by your Committee and the scheme now awaits
the sanction of the Board of Education.
I gratefully acknowledge the consideration and courtesy I have
received from you and the friendliest co-operation and help from
your Director of Education, Mr. S. W. Burnell.
Dr. Clarke in his report for 1929 particularly stressed the indebtedness
of the service to the Superintendent Attendance Officer,
Mr. S. J. Longman. To this I can only add my own appreciation
of his invaluable help.
The report includes contributions from many other persons
all given so readily that its compilation has been a pleasant task.
I have the honour to be
Your obedient servant,
A. T. W. POWELL,
School Medical Officer.