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TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE
EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Centlemen,
I beg to submit to you my Annual Report upon the School
Medical Service for the Year 1930.
The death in September of Dr. Frank B. Skerrett, who had
worked with enthusiasm and ability in this Department since its
inception in 1908, is much regretted, and his loss will be greatly
felt by the members of the Committee and his former colleagues.
Two Nursery Schools were opened in August of this year;
the Edith Kerrison Nursery School at Rosetta Road and the
Rebecca Cheetham Nursery School at Village Street. Each of
these schools is built to accommodate 120 children between the
age of two and five years. Further details will be found on page
233.
The passing of the Local Government Act has transferred to
Education Authorities certain responsibilities in regard to boarded
out school children previously under the care of the Board of
Guardians.
The question of re-modelling the Crosby Road Day Open-Air
School is now under consideration. Although the building itself
is not satisfactory, the school has been the means of improving
the health of many debilitated girls.
Miss Hewitt, the Head Mistress of the Knox Road Special
School for Mentally and Physically Defective Children, has recently
retired. I wish to express my gratitude to her for the valuable
help she has rendered to my Department in regard to children
attending her school.
It is proposed to appoint a whole-time Officer for refraction
work in place of the two present part-time Ophthalmic Surgeons.
The percentage of children suffering from dental defects is
still very high, and adequately to deal with this condition further
Dental Surgeons are required.
There has not been an abnormal number of children absent
from school, and the general health of the school population has
remained good.
I am, Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
School Medical Officer.
Town Hall,
West Ham, E.15.
Tune 1931
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