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Borough of Wimblebon.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
School medical Officer
for the
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31st, 1913.
To the Members of the Education Committee
of the Borough of Wimbledon.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to present my Annual Report of the medical inspection
of the children attending the Public Elementary Schools
in Wimbledon for the year .1913.
On May 14th, the Committee decided to institute a
School Clinic for the treatment of common skin diseases (including
ringworm), minor external diseases of the eyes, discharging
ears, and uncleanliness associated with pediculosis,
and to provide dental treatment. Sanction was obtained for
this, from the Board of Education, on December 6th, 1913,
and one hopes that a large number of these untreated cases
will be dealt with under this scheme. Southey Hall, the
Inspection Centre, has been altered to provide the dental room,
and facilities for a general clinic. By the establishment of
the School Clinic one can look forward with confidence to a
very considerable increase in the number of cases dealt with
which require treatment for defects found during inspection.
Cleanliness, I am glad to say, remains satisfactory, with
the exception of a few families which it seems impossible to
do anything with. Some of them have been fined repeatedly
with very little benefit.
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