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Inspection of Selected Children.
Referred for defects suspected by head teachers,
attendance officers, school nurses, care committees,
etc. 3610
Other cases—
(i) Fitness for employment in accordance with
Bye-laws regulating the employment of young
persons—
Examined 709
Fit 700
Unfit 9
(ii) Candidates as bursars and student teachers 31
(iii) Children examined under "The Employment
of Children in Entertainments Rules, 1920"—
Seen 12
Granted 12
Defective Children re-examine 5997
It is gratifying to note that, while the number of routine inspections
was materially greater than in the previous year, the
number of examinations of special children selected for suspected
defects was more than trebled, while the number of re-examinations
of children under observation or supervision was doubled.
Routine medical inspection was conducted in all cases on the
elementary school premises.
The procedure adopted at the end of 1923, whereby each
medical officer was made responsible for the supervision of the
health of the children attending a particular group of schools, has
worked effectively throughout the year.
(b) The Board of Education's schedule of medical inspection
has been followed in its entirety.
(c) The early ascertainment of crippling defects is effected
through routine medical inspection at the schools; through the
examination of children at a special clinic for the physically defective,
held at 228, London Road; through information received from
health visitors, school attendance officers and local voluntary
associations; through child welfare centres; and through the
tuberculosis dispensary.
The register of physically defective children was revised and
brought up to date during the year, and arrangements have been
made for systematic reports each term on these children.