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(b) a dental inspection of every pupil who is admitted for
the first time to a maintained school as soon as possible after
admission and on such later occasions as may be practicable and
necessary; and
(c) that the attention paid to the general health and welfare
of any pupil who is suffering from a disability of mind or body
shall include particular attention to his disability.
(2) So far as practicable, the parent of every day pupil shall be
given the opportunity of being present at any general medical inspection
and first dental inspection of his child.
(3) Medical and dental records in approved form shall be kept
for every pupil attending a maintained school.
During 1954 5,346 parents, or 74 per cent., attended the full routine
medical inspections.

Disinfection of all the cloakrooms at the maintained primary and
secondary schools was carried out during the Summer and Winter vacations.
No schools were closed during the year on account of infectious
disease.
Table VI shows the incidence of infectious disease in the Ilford schools
during 1954.
55 home visits were paid by the School Nurses to cases of minor
infectious disease. In addition the Sanitary Inspectors paid 415 visits to
measles cases, and 91 visits to whooping-cough cases.
Ringworm.—There were no cases of ringworm during the year.
Following Up.—During 1954, 2,940 home visits by the School Nurses
were paid for the purpose, and 3,023 re-examinations of children (some on
several occasions) were carried out by the doctors at school; 145 visits to
schools were made for this purpose alone, and other children were seen at
the visits for routine medical inspection.