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Co-operation of Parents, Teachers, etc.
When the children are to undergo inspection by
the Medical Officer, a notice is always sent to the parents
of those children to be examined, stating the time and
date, so that they may attend if desirous. Their presence
is always welcomed by the Medical Officer, and many do
attend. The greater number attend with the younger
children, such as 6 years and 8 years. It gives the
Medical Officer an opportunity to explain the need for
removing any defects which may be found at his examination
of the child, as well as pointing out the benefit
and advantage of making use of such facilities for treatment
as the School Clinic offers. The head teachers are
also present at these examinations, and are of great
assistance to the Medical Officer in volunteering any
facts they are in possession of regarding the family or
personal history of the child, and are further a means of
communication between the Medical Officer and the
parents if they are not present. The greatest sympathy
with the whole Medical Service exists in the minds of the
teachers in the various schools and the co-operation is of
very great value. They are always more than willing to
assist in arranging for the children to attend at the
Clinic for treatment, and on many occasions send special
cases which they are desirous of bringing to the notice
of the Doctor for some defect or other. Children who
have escaped, through absence or otherwise, the Routine
Inspection, are dealt with in a like manner.
Blind, Deaf, Defective and Epileptic Children.
A glance at Table III at the end of the report will
show how many of these are in the district.
On such cases becoming known, they are brought to
the notice of the Assistant School Medical Officer, and
are dealt with as far as we can at present.
We have no special schools under the Erith
Authority.