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MEDICAL INSPECTION
(a) Routine Inspections.
Routine inspections are those made on the school premises of the
groups of children prescribed for examination by the Board of
Education. The number of children examined at these inspections
during the year was:—
1936 1937
Entrants 809 749
Intermediate 615 699
Leavers 554 477
Other Routine Inspections 30 42
2008 1967
These groups have been explained in previous reports.
(b) Other Inspections.
In addition to the above groups, 982 " Special " Inspections
were made of children referred to the Medical Inspector either at the
School or the Clinic, or to Specialist Clinics for examination.
3,130 re-inspections were made of the above routine or special
cases, compared with 2,808 in 1936.
(c) Following up.
In connection with children found defective at Routine or
Special Examinations, steps are taken to see that they are followed
up until treatment is obtained. The following figures show the
extent of this work:—
Children referred for treatment—
(a) From School Inspections 527
(b) From other Inspections 440
Total 967
Written appointments are given for all the Specialist Clinics.
FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION
The results of Medical Inspection and Treatment are summarised
at the end of the Report in Tables I—IV. Comments on the principal
defects found are set out in the following pages
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