[Report 1961] / School Medical Officer, Northamptonshire County Council.

Northamptonshire (England). County Council.

Date:: 1961

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Credit: [Report 1961] / School Medical Officer, Northamptonshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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landmark on account of its signal success. Then followed booster doses, and later campaigns against poliomyelitis and tuberculosis. The final change concerns the school premises. In some of the village schools, low standards of hygiene prevailed, and I recall a trough closet in an urban school. Many village schools had an in¬ adequate water supply and pail closets. The contrast now is in¬ deed striking. New schools are full of light and colour and present a high standard of hygiene. Many of the old schools have been closed or improved, and plans for bringing them up to modern standards are, I understand, in hand. In conclusion I would like to thank particularly the teachers throughout the county for their willingness at all times to assist in the work of the school health service, and also my colleague, the Chief Education Officer, for his friendly co-operation. To the members of my own staff—medical, health visiting and clerical— for their enthusiastic work, I am indeed grateful. It has been a great privilege to have been associated with a service whose ob¬ jectives cannot fail to command universal support. I have the honour to be, Your obedient servant, CHARLES MILLIKEN SMITH, Principal School Medical Officer.