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4. Medical Inspection.— This has been carried out in
accordance with the Board of Education (Special Services)Regulations,
dated the 18th August, 1925, Section 17 of which
states :—
The Authority must provide for the medical inspection of all
children in Public Elementary Schools as soon as possible in the
twelve months following :—
(а) their first admission to Public Elementary Schools, and
(б) their attaining the age of eight years, and
(c) their attaining the age of twelve years.
During 1931 the number of visits by the Medical Officers to 48
different departments of 25 schools for the purposes of routine
medical inspection was 356. The number of children examined
during the year, falling within the above age groups, totalled 6,541
(3,118 boys and 3,423 girls), an increase of 21) over the figures for
1930. In addition, a number of children of varying ages were
presented by the Head Teachers for special medioal examination,
being thought by the teachers to be suffering from some ailment.
During 1931, 439 such children (215 boys and 224 girls) were
examined. 3,780 re-examinations (1,914 boys and 1,866 girls) were
made at school by the doctors to ascertain the result of the treatment
of defects found in the course of medical inspection. A total
number of 10,760 examinations were made at the various schools
during the year.
Routine medical inspection at the Mossford School, Dr.
Barnardo's Girls' Village Home, was again carried out by my
Department during the year, 349 children being examined, the
treatment of Ihe children being left, as previously, in the hands of
the Home Authorities.