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she invites the mother to bring them up to the offices for examination.
The Medical Officers are anxious that this should be
regarded as an offer of advice and help to the family, and not in
any sense as a persecution. So far the mothers who have attended
have been grateful for the opportunity, and it has been possible
to give them a little advice on the best way to prevent the
infection of the children and to keep them healthy. If the mothers
are unable to come to the offices, the children are noted down for
medical examination at the next routine visit to the school they
attend.
The name of any child who should be kept under observation
is transferred to a "Defect Card," and if treatment is required
the parent is advised to obtain medical advice in the usual way.
Throughout the confidential character of the notification of
Tuberculosis is strictly observed.
Lastly, cases of Bone and Joint and Gland Tuberculosis in
the schools are also under medical supervision.

Mothercraft Classes.
In the last report an account was given of the local conditions
which render such classes particularly useful in Acton, and it was
stated that an experimental class had been formed. This was
such a success that it was put on a permanent footing, and three
schools sent down scholars for a course of lessons. At first these
classes were confined to the schools in the poorer districts, but