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ARRANGEMENTS FOR AND SCOPE OF
ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Three age groups have been inspected, the entrants (the majority of whom were
5 or 6 years of age), the 8 year-old group and the leavers. In 1915 the last class
embraced all children over 13 years of age.
Four thousand four hundred and twelve children were
passed through the routine inspection.
TABLE I.
Of the Board of Education.

The parents were present with 1,113 of the boys' inspected and 1,048 of
the girls.
There were objections to medical inspection of 3 boys and 15 girls on the
part of the parents.
Visits were made to the schools for routine inspection in the case of Infants'
departments twice a year, and in the case of other groups once a year. By the
instructions of the Board of Education the group of children between their 8th
and 9th birthdays was substituted for the ten-year old group.
RE-EXAMINATIONS.
The number at the schools during the year was only 165-62 boys, 103
girls. Dr. Strong states that this small number is accounted for by the fact that
when it was advisable to follow up defective scholars, he caused them to be
brought to the specially-referred centre.