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In this table we see that the largest group on each occasion was that
with a central temperature of 99.1. The mean temperature on the first
occasion was 98.73, and on the second 98.60, and the correlation between
the temperatures on the two occasions was .22. There is thus a substantial
correspondence between two temperatures of a child taken at periods
distant as long as three or four months.
SCHOOL CLINICS.
On July 9th a deputation presented a petition to my Council of
over 1,500 signatures urging them to take the necessary steps to establish
in Edmonton the medical treatment of school children. Thereupon, the
Council unanimously resolved that the Education Committee be informed
that the Council is of opinion that something should be done towards
establishing school clinics in the district. This resolution was forwarded
to the Education Committee, and on July 17th their reply, as follows,
was presented to the Council:—"That a reply be sent to the Edmonton
Urban District Council stating that this Committee are in favour of
the resolution of the District Council, and that steps had already been
taken to convene a conference of Local Education Authorities in
Middlesex to consider this question."
A Sub-Committee of the Education Committee has been formed to
obtain information as to the management of school clinics already in
operation elsewhere. The Sub-Committee consists of the Chairman and
five members of the Education Committee, the Secretary, and the two
Medical Officers. The first meeting was held on Tuesday, November 19th,
1912, and another on Tuesday, December, 17th, 1912. Every effort is