[Report 1947-1948] / School Medical Officer of Health, Berkshire County Council.

  • Berkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1947-1948] / School Medical Officer of Health, Berkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BERKSHIRE EDUCATION COMMITTEE School Health Service REPORT OF THE SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER FOR THE YEARS 1947 AND 1948. Area and Population. \ f The area controlled by the Berkshire Education Authority comprises the whole of the geographical county of Berkshire, with the exception of the County Borough of Reading. The civilian population was estimated by the Registrar-General as 276,790 at the end of 1947. Under the jurisdiction of the Berkshire Education Committee there are 263 schools and, of these, 13 are Nursery Schools, 135 are Primary, 87 are All Age, 16 are Secondary Modern, and 12 are Secondary Grammar Schools. The total number of children on the school rolls was approximately 33,000 at the end of 1948 ; about 500 were at Nursery Schools, 20,757 at Primary, 3,189 at All Age, 4,331 at Secondary Modern, and 3,794 at Secondary Grammar Schools. Staff. There were various changes, in the professional staff, during the two years. In 1947 Dr. W. F. Waudby-Smith was promoted to the post of Senior Assistant School Medical Officer and Mr. O. Jacob to that of Senior School Dental Officer. Dr. M. T. 1. Jones was appointed, in the Windsor Divisional Administrative Area, to fill the vacancy caused through the death, in 1946, of Dr. A. D. Crofts. Dr. V. L. Hickson joined the medical staff in 1947, and Drs. E. H. C. Stewart and F. M. C. Wolfe in 1948. The vacancy caused by the resignation in 1947 of Miss S. S. Grandison, Assistant School Dental Officer, was filled in 1948 by the appointment of Mr. C. C. Grant. Mr. W. K. T. Hope, part-time Assistant School Dental Officer at Newbury, resigned at the end of 1947 and his place has not yet been filled. Three new part-time Ophthalmic Surgeons, Drs. R. W. Carey, W. K. Smiley, and M. H. Wright, commenced work in 1948, and Dr. R. C. Williams resigned during the same year. Miss A. M. Bain, Speech Therapist, commenced work in 1948. Hygienic Condition of Schools. The hygienic condition of school buildings was again investigated at the time of periodic medical inspection by the Assistant School Medical Officers. Detailed reports are submitted on prescribed forms and all defects are reported to the Director of Education. There is no doubt that much more would be done under this head if it had not been for present difficulties in regard to building operations of all kinds. !^o