[Report 1928] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council.

  • Essex (England). County Council.
Date:
1928
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Credit: [Report 1928] / School Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ESSEX EDUCATION COMMITTEE. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER FOR 1928. Staff, &c. The population as estimated for the Geographical County of Essex for 1927 is •99,500, and allocated as follows (l) Administrative County area within which the Essex Education Committee are responsible for— (a) Elementary aiid Higher Education (b) Higher Education only 543,350 485,950 570,200 (2) County Boroughs Of the above-mentioned areas, in (l) (a) there is an acreage of 928,502 provided th 432 schools, an increase of 9 on last year. The schools are constituted as llo\vs ;—245 non-provided and 187 council, including 3 intermediate schools and 3 ecial schools. These schools consist of 540 departments, the average attendance for 1928 being ,781, an increase of 5,559 on that given for 1927. There are 9 secondary schools .th an accommodation for 2843 pupils. Area (l) (b) has 10 secondary schools, with an accommodation for 3,768 pupils id 4 trade schools with 880 on books. In addition, there ai-e 11 aided secondary schools in the County, with a total Linber on the books of 3,272, and 8 other recognised secondary schools with 1,790 . the books. Medical inspection is carried out under the County scheme in only le of these, a girls’ school with 117 on the books. The services rendered by the medical staff on duties connected with school edical work, including administrative duties, is equivalent to the full-time service of r medical officers. The changes in the Medical, Dental and Nursing Staff during 1928, are as llow’s :—