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SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE.
Staff.
Table VII gives particulars of medical, dental and nursingstaff.
Dr. B. Broadbent, Deputy School Medical Officer, is still
on service with H. M. Forces.
There have otherwise been no staff changes.
Co-ordination.
Co-operation of parents is generously obtained in this area,
without which the effectiveness of our work would be destroyed.
Their interest in the efforts which are made to maintain high
standards of health and hygiene among the school population is
probably the most, vital factor in the success which the School Health
Service has achieved.
The co-ordination of the Maternity and Child Welfare and
School Health Departments has been brought a stage nearer in
that the Committees concerned are considering the appointment
of a superintendent to co-ordinate the work of the nursing staffs of
both departments. This, coupled with the provisions of the Education
Act, 1944, that in future all the nursing staff should have the
qualification of health visitor, brings very much nearer the day
when complete interchangeability of staff will be accomplished.
The Juvenile Employment Bureau, by the very nature of its
work, must maintain close contact with the School Health Service.
It is only because of the availability of the records in both departments
that correct placing in appropriate types of employment can.
be gained.
The Invalid Children's Aid Association and the National
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children continue to give
valuable help, as has always been the case, and the co-operation
of these bodies is much appreciated.
PHYSICAL WELFARE IN WAR-TIME.
Nutrition.
A remarkably high nutritional standard among school children,
in spite of the vicissitudes of six years of war, has been maintained;
and the official statements which have been made publicly
are positively confirmed by the results of medical inspection in this