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under the supervision of the School Medical Officer. The work of
the various Clinics is intimately associated, and the School Nurse
assists at the Infant Welfare Centre when required, and similarly
the Health Visitor in the absence of the School Nurse takes charge
of the Minor Ailment Clinic.
The Care of Debilitated Children under School Age.—
Children up to the age of five years attend the Infant Welfare
Centre, and as soon as they attain the age of five they are transferred
to the School Service. The large proportion of the children
commence to attend the Welfare Centre in early infancy, cards
are made out on which a record of their health is kept and any
treatment required or provided. These cards are filed according
to age and after the age of twelve months, when their visits to the
Centre are not so frequent, they are visited in their homes at fixed
intervals every year by the Health Visitor until the age of five is
reached, and thus supervision is maintained until they come under
the care of the School Medical Service.
SCHOOL HYGIENE.
"Review of the. hygienic condition of the Schools in the area,
with particular reference to their surroundings, ventilation, lighting,
warming equipment, and sanitation ; observations on the type and
condition of desks and blackboards, sanitary convenience and
lavatories, water supply for washing and drinking purposes, cleanliness
of schoolrooms and cloakrooms, arrangements for drying
children's boots and clothes, arrangements for (i.) the warming up
of meals brought to school by the children, (ii.) the supervision of
children during the meals, and (iii.) the service of the meals, and
the relation of the generaI arrangements of the school to the health
of the children.
I do not propose to enter into the subject of this heading in any
very great detail, especially as the Committee went carefully into
a report made by me some years ago dealing with these 'matters.
At that time plans of the schoolrooms and playgrounds were
prepared and all the facilities for ventilation, lighting, and heating
the class rooms, the suitability of the school furniture, the cloakroom