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Borough of Wimbledom.
Education Committee.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER
FOR THE
Year ended 31st December, 1932
To the Chairman and Members of the
Education Committee.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my Annual Report for the year 1932 on the
work of the School Medical Department.
There are ten public elementary schools, with nineteen
departments under the control of the Local Education Authority.
These schools provide accommodation for 7,069 children. The
average number of children on the school registers on March 31st,
1932, was 5,191, and the average attendance 4,585, thus making
an average attendance of 88 per cent. The Special School at
Queen's Road has accommodation for fifty children.
2. CO-ORDINATION.
(a) There is complete co-ordination between the work of the
School Medical Service and that of the Maternity and Child
Welfare Department. In addition to the Senior School Nurse,
who devotes her whole time to the School Medical Service, there
are three School Nurse-Health Visitors. These latter devote
two-thirds of their time to Maternity and Child Welfare work,
and one-third to the School Medical Department. Children
attending the Infant Welfare Centres remain under the supervision
of the same Health Visitor after they commence school.
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