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The following accommodation has been provided:—
(1). On the east side of the entrance a convenient room has
been allotted to the health visitors for clerical work. A
bench has also been fitted in this room for microscopic
work, more especially for use in connection with the
examination of diseased hairs for ringworm spores. Two
of the health visitors have been trained to prepare the
specimens for examination, and a considerable saving in
time has ensued, as cases of doubtful diagnosis can often
be promptly dealt with.
(2). Lavatory accommodation for school children has been
provided under the entrance steps.
(3). To the west of the entrance a suite of three rooms provides
a waiting room for parents and children, a light and
convenient examination room wherein two or more
medical officers can work at the same time, together
with a smaller room which serves as a private office for
the assistant to the medical officer. Hot and cold
water has been laid on to each of these rooms, and a
convenient sink provided for use in connection with the
preparation and examination of microscopic and other
specimens. Arrangements have also been made for
transforming the small room into a dark room for the
use of the ophthalmic surgeon. Taken altogether, the
accommodation is now very satisfactory, and enables
the staff to carry out their work with greater ease and
rapidity than was hitherto possible. The convenient
arrangement of the department also enables us to keep a
satisfactory check on the children submitted for examination,
and to ensure that the records are kept with greater
accuracy than was hitherto possible.
BOARD'S SCHEDULE OF MEDICAL INSPECTION.
No change has been made in the schedule, which was adopted
in its entirety. Speaking generally, the use of this schedule has
been much the same as in 1908. The duty cast upon Local Authorities
by the Education (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1907, is to
provide for the medical inspection of children attending schools,
and anything like a complete examination has only been made
when the history or the general appearance of the child indicated
the necessity for so doing.