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In 1924 there were in Barking (a) seven Council schools, in
eluding seventeen departments, and (b) two voluntary schools
including five departments. The total provision in the district
in 1924 for elementary school children thus amounted to nine
schools with 22 departments, affording accommodation, exclusive
of Faircross School, for 8,02C children, of which number 6,539
were on the register on December 31st, 1924, as compared with
6,647 on December 31st, 1923.
(4) MEDICAL INSPECTION.
(Reference should here be made to Table 1, appendix (a).)
(a) This has been carried out in accordance with Article ot>
(b) of the Code of Regulations.

Routine medical inspections were conducted throughout the
year on the various elementary school premises, while exceptional
Children were seen from time to time at the school clinic.