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Richmond (Surrey) Education Authority.
To the Chairman and Members of the Education
Committee.
Ladies and Gentlemen.
Herewith I beg to present a Report on the Medical
duties carried out during the year 1908 in connection with
the Elementary Schools in the Borough, by myself as School
Medical Officer, and my temporary Assistant, J. Bott,
M.R.C.S., Eng., etc, from whom I have received very efficient
help.
On the 17th August, 1908, the Board of Education
issued Circular No. 596, containing instructions and defining
the scope of the Annual Report. It is quite obvious that if
the requirements of the Board are fully carried out, the
duties devolving upon the Medical Officer will become both
extensive and important, the medical inspection of children
forming only a part of such duties.
Extract from the Board of Education Circular No. 596.
"As regards the scope of the Report, however, the
Board consider that it is desirable that it should deal with
the whole subject of School Hygiene, and should cover as
much as possible of the ground indicated under the
following heads. It is recognised that these heads suggest
a degree of comprehensiveness which in many, and indeed
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER.