[Report 1927] / School Medical Officer of Health, Lancashire County Council.

  • Lancashire (England). County Council.
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / School Medical Officer of Health, Lancashire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COUNTY COUNCIL. LANCASHIRE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. SCHOOL MEDICAL SUBCOMMITTEE. Nineteenth ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNTY MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH AND SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER, For the Year ended 31 st December, 1927. The following Report on the work of the School Medical Service follows in its arrangement the lines laid down by the Board of Education. ADMINISTRATION. The area of the Administrative County of Lancaster for Elementary Education purposes is 948,269 acres, and the population is 964,100, of whom the average number on the Roll of Elementary Schools is 133,968, and the average number in attendance is 116,457 ; the average attendance in the previous year was 117,659. For Higher Education and General Purposes the population is 1,801,500, while for Child Welfare purposes it is 719,788. The rural part of the County is mainly north of the River Ribble and to the west of a line drawn roughly from Preston to Liverpool, whilst the urban districts cluster most thickly in the southern and eastern portions of the County. The following districts are autonomous for Elementary Education purposes and, therefore, do not come within the scope of this Report except for Higher Education :— 19 Municipal Boroughs ; the Urban Districts of Chadderton, Farnworth, Hindley, Ince-in-Maker- field, Radcliffe, Stretford, Swinton and Pendlebury, and Waterloo-wdth- Seaforth. The combined population of these Boroughs and Urban Districts is estimated to be 837,400. Of the 683 schools for which the Lancashire Education Committee is responsible, about two-thirds are distant from the nearest railw'ay station one to nine miles. During the year Dr. Elizabeth H. Brook retired on pension, and her place and two outstanding vacancies were filled by the appointment of Dr. A. C. Crawford, Dr. R. M. Galloway, and Dr. J. H. Porter. Various changes have taken place in the nursing staff ; Miss Rochell resigned on being appointed Matron of the Committee’s new Orthopaedic Hospital at Biddulph, and her place was filled by the appointment of Miss E. Cubbin: Miss M. Lamb, Miss I. Milne, and Miss M. Singleton have been appointed to fill new places on the staff. The Urban Districts of Abram, Crompton, and Padiham, which were previously