“…The Education (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1907, for England and Wales, and a similar Act for Scotland in 1908, laid the basis for a school medical service. It made the care for the health and physical welfare of the school children a function of local authorities and introduced compulsory medical inspection. …”

“…By this system of cross-representation, and with support from the Ministry of Health, teamwork on a new scale is now made possible. …”

“…The whole plan will then be submitted to the Minister and to the Regional Council as previously mentioned. Health Centres The White Paper proposed that local authorities should provide, equip and maintain health centres approved by the Minister and that a high place in the scheme would be given to a full and careful trial of the Health Centre method. …”

“…This part of the service will cover the following field - (a) In-patient care in all types of hospital, including maternity homes, sanatoria, mental hospitals, mental deficiency institutions, convalescent homes and medical rehabilitation centres. …”