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Wimbledon 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Borough of Wimbledon.
Education Committee
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER
FOR THE
Year ended 31st December, 1937
To the Chairman and Members of the
Education Committee.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my Annual Report for the year 1937 on
the work of the School Medical Department.
There are sixteen public elementary schools under the
control of the Local Education Authority, providing
accommodation for 5,714 children. This figure includes the
accommodation for fifty children at the Special School,
Queen's Road.
The average number of children on the school registers
during the year ended 31st March, 1937, was 4,706. The
average number in attendance was 4,159. This gives an
average attendance of 88.37 per cent.
1. STAFF.
Full particulars of the staff of the School Medical Service
are given at the commencement of this report.
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