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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Walthamstow 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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1. STAFF OF SCHOOL MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
Resignations and Appointments : —
Dr. M. Watkins, Deputy School Medical Officer. H.M. Forces,
20.3.42 ; resumed duty, 1.6.46.
Mrs. W. R. Thorne, Dental Surgeon. Appointed, 1.11.19;
resigned, 31.12.46.
Mr. G. P. L. Taylor, Dental Surgeon. H.M. Forces, 2.6.41 ;
resumed duty, 1.7.46.
Mr. R. V. Tait, Dental Surgeon. Appointed, 3.9.45 ; resigned,
17.10.46.
Mrs. D. Lambert, Health Visitor/School Nurse. Appointed,
21.10.35 ; resigned, 12.8.46.
Miss I. M. Mitchell, Health Visitor/School Nurse. Appointed,
28.1.46.
Miss Procopiou, (Temporary) Health Visitor/School Nurse,
Appointed, 11,2.46; resigned, 30.4.46.
2. CO-ORDINATION
Co-ordination is secured by the fact that all the school medical
staff also carry out duties for other health services. The school
nursing staff is equivalent to five whole time nurses.
3. THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE IN RELATION TO
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
| Boys. | Girls. | Mixed. | Infants. | Nursery. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Secondary Grammar | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| County Secondary Technical | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| County Secondary Modern | 3 | 3 | 6 | — | — |
| County Primary Junior | 2 | 2 | 12 | — | — |
| County Primary Infants | — | — | — | 15 | — |
| Voluntary Secondary Modern | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Voluntary Primary | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | |
| County Nursery | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Special Schools for:— | |||||
| Educationally Sub-normal | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Myope Centre | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Open Air School | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Deaf | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 1946. | 1945. | 1944. | 1943. | 1942. | |
| Number of Children on Register, 31.12.46 | 15,776 | 12,753 | 9,236 | 12,185 | 11,675 |
| Average Attendance | 14,004.6 | 10,189.2 | 8,488.5 | 10,106.7 | 9,610.2 |
| Percentage Attendance | 86.0 | 80.0 | 78.4 | 84.1 | 83.4 |