[Report 1927] / School Health Service, Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire (Wales). County Council. School Health Service.
Date:
1927
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    JRo nmouthsfyire Education Committee MEDICAL INSPECTION. ♦+ — Annual Report ior 1927. 4 \] r. Chairman, My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have pleasure in submitting- for your consideration the Annual Report upon the Medical Inspection of School Children under your jurisdiction for the year ended December 31st, 1927. The Report is arranged upon the lines suggested by the Medical Depart- ment of the Board of Education, in the circular letter, dated 15th November. 1927, and Schedule to Form (iM., dated 30th November, 1925. The statistical tables contained in the Appendix have been compiled in accordance with the Board’s request in the latter circular. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. POPULATION, ETC. Area of the County of Monmouth (excluding- autonomous areas of Abertillery, Ebbw Vale and Newport):—331,096 acres. Estimated population at 31st December, 1927 (excluding autonomous areas)—298,750. Number of Schools 190, with 289 departments. Number of children on registers of Elementary Schools at 31st December, 1927—53,910. School accommodation, 31st December, 192701,284. 1. MEDICAL INSPECTION STAFF. The County Medical Officer is also School Medical Officer. There are ten Assistant Medical Officers, viz.:— Henry W. Catto, M.B., B.S., D.P.H., County Bacteriologist and Pathologist, and Deputy County Medical Officer.