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In conclusion, it is not surprising that the National Health Service Act has not
produced any drastic effects on the School Health Service. This Service has always been
a personal health service, fairly comprehensive, but covering only one section of the
population - school children, and is closely related to the Educational services. The
National Health Service Act has established the principle that eaoh citizen shall have a
Health Service provided by the State, free of charge and quite independent of the citizen's
financial position. This principle having been established for the whole population must
have reinforced the attitude of Local Education Authorities in their endeavour to produce
the very best health service for their school children. The service should be not Just a
palliative to remedy cases of hardship as they were known in the times of the Interdepartmental
Committee on Physical Deterioration of 1904, but a continuous and comprehensive
service designed to safeguard the health of the nation's children during their school
years.
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