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test type is not practicable, as the children do not know the letters.
But in the case of "leavers" the acuity of vision is invariably
tested. For this purpose, a room 21 feet long is required.
In this district also, the parents of children to be examined
are invited to attend. Six hundred and seventeen or 55 6 per cent.
attended last year, and it is obviously proper that reasonable
waiting accommodation should be provided for them.
These requisite conditions as regards sight-testing and waiting
room accommodation are not to be found in all the schools in the
district, and it is probably impracticable to make the necessary
provision in established schools. It would be wise, however, to
give attention to these points in the erection of new schools.
Extent of the Examination.
The Board of Education has prescribed the extent of the
medical examination of scholars attending public elementary schools.
In this district, the examination of scholars has been couducted
on the lines laid down by the Board, and the following matters
have accordingly received attention:—
Height and weight.
Clothing and footgear.
Conditions of hair, scalp and body.
Previous infectious illnesses.
Nutrition.
Diseases of the mouth, nose and throat.
Condition of the glands.
Diseases of the eyes and ear.
Diseases of the heart, circulation and lungs.
Any other disease or defect.
Only three objections were made by parents to the examination
of their children during the year 1910. The number of objections
received in this district, year by year, is so small as to be negligible.
Height and Weight.
The following tables give the average heights and weights of
the scholars examined. The scholars have been grouped according
to the year of birth, so that it may be possible in subsequent years
to compare the children born in any one year with those born in
another:—