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Twickenham Urban District Council
Public Health Department,
Radnor House,
Twickenham,
May, 1921.
To the Chairman and Members
of the Education Committee.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my Annual Report for
the year 1920, on the medical inspection of the children
attending the Public Elementary Schools, on the defects
found and on the measures taken to prevent disease and to
remedy defects. Reference is also made to the hygienic
and sanitary conditions of some of the schools. The report
is arranged in accordance with the plan suggested by the
Board of Education in the circular issued at the beginning
of the year.
The conditions now treated under the arrangements
made by the Committee include minor ailments, ophthalmic
and dental defects, tonsils and adenoids and ringworm of
the scalp, and it is to these provisions that the success of
the work is largely due.
The transfer of the records from the Infant Welfare
Centres to the School Medical Department has been
continued. As many of the defects found among the
school population have commenced during infancy, it
may be predicted confidently that when the same facilities
for treatment of cases of early disease are extended to
infants at Infant Clinics, many of the diseased conditions