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Head teachers are usually quite ready to put their private rooms at
the disposal of the medical officers for the medical inspections, and
otherwise assist the health department in making the examinations as
comfortable and effective as possible. In not a few schools the head
teacher sits with the medical officer throughout the inspections and learns
the nature of the defects discovered and the degjree of urgency for their
remedy. The medical officers welcome this co-operation and interest.
CO-OPERATION WITH VOLUNTARY BODIES.
The Education Committee have working arrangements with the
Prince of Wales's General Hospital, a voluntary hospital situated in
Tottenham, for the treatment of indoor and outdoor patients, as well
as for consultations.
During the past year there has been re-established in Tottenham a
branch of the Queen Alexandra Nursing Association. There are five
nurses on the staff available for illnesses requiring skilled nursing.
Through the Invalid Children's Aid Association, treatment is provided
for delicate children at Convalescent Homes. When the condition
for which treatment is sought is likely to be of considerable duration,
a place is found in one of those Institutions approved for the purposes
of Education.
The Education Committee contribute to the cost of surgical
appliances, supplied through the agency of the Invalid Children's Aid
Association, for children of school age.

In 28 of these cases, the treatment has been continued into 1928.