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Borough of Wimbledon.
Education Committee.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER
FOR THE
Year ended 31st December, 1938.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Education Committee.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my Annual Report for the year 1938 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 5,702 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, 1938, was 4,616. The
average number in attendance was 4,056. This gives an
average attendance of 87.87 per cent.
1. STAFF.
Pull particulars of the staff of the School Medical Service
are given at the commencement of this report.
A fifth school nurse-health visitor having been found
necessary, Miss D. E. Marchant was appointed to fill the post
and commenced duty on 17th January, 1938.
Miss A. Thompson resigned on the 31st January, to take
up an appointment with a neighbouring Authority. Miss
E. S. G. Davies was appointed to fill the vacancy.
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