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BOROUGH OF RICHMOND
(SURREY).
Report on the Medical Inspection and Treatment
of Elementary School Children for the year ended
December 31st, 1934.
To the Chairman and Members of the Education Committee.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlbmen,
I have the honour to present my Report on the work done by
the School Medical Staff during the year 1934. This is my fourteenth
Annual Report as your School Medical Officer.
Owing to my absence from duty recently the report has had to
be somewhat curtailed, but a study of the statistical tables will
show that a great deal of work was done during the year under
review.
The average number of children on the School registers for
the year was 3,267.
A summary of the year's work in all the schools is appended.
1,027 children medically inspected.
4,330 attendances at the Minor Ailment Clinic.
100 children suffering from Defective Vision obtained glasses
after examination by an Eye Specialist, either at Clinic
or privately.
63 children underwent operations for Throat and Nose
disease,