[Report 1948] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council.

  • Essex (England). County Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ESSEX EDUCATION COMMITTEE. ANNUAL REPORT OF SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER FOR THE YEAR, 1948. 1. Introduction. The County Council is the Local Education Authority for the whole of the Administrative County and in accordance with the ^^rovisions of the Education Act is responsible for the arrangements in connection with the medical inspection of school children in attendance at any school maintained by the Council. The County is divided into eleven districts or divisions, viz., the six Excepted Districts of the Boroughs of Barking, Dagenham, Ilford, Leyton, Romford and Walthamstow and the five Divisions of Forest, Mid-Essex, North-East Essex, South Essex and South-East Essex. The following list gives particulars of the Medical Officers responsible to the School Medical Officer for the administration of the School Health Service in these districts and divisions. Borough School Medical Officers. Excepted District. Barking Dagenham Ilford Leyton Romford Walthamstow Name. Dr. C. Leonard Williams. Dr. N. S. R. Lorraine.* Dr. J. H. Weir. Dr. A. W. Forrest. Dr. J. B. Samson. Dr. A. T. W. Powell. These Medical Officers are also Medical Officers of Health for the respective districts. Acting Divisional School Medical Officers. Division. Name. South Essex. .. .. .. Dr. W. T. G. Boul. South-East Essex .. .. .. Dr. W. J. Moffat. Forest .. .. .. .. Dr. F. G. Brown. Mid-Essex .. .. .. Dr. J. M. Thomas. North-East Essex .. .. .. Dr. J. D. Kershaw. The inauguration of the National Health Service on 5th July, 1948, is clearly a most important step in health administration, particularly in relation to the duty of the Education Authority to see that facilities are available for free medical treatment for school children. As far as the School Health Service is concerned, the National Health Service Act has not affected the existing system of school medical inspections. Moreover, the Ministry of Education in Circular 179, dated 4th August, 1948, refers to the fact that, as treatment at minor ailment clinics is well established as the most expeditious and comprehensive means of dealing with *In June, 1949, Dr. W. J. Moffat was aj)pointcd as Divisional School Medical Officer in place of Dr. Lorraine.