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(b) School Hygiene.
During the course of the year systematic reports were made
by medical officers on the hygienic aspects of the interior and of
the precincts of schools visited by them, and matters needing
attention were dealt with through the appropriate channels.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
(a) The classes of children medically inspected in Croydon
and the number examined in each class from 1st January, 1926,
to 31st December, 1926, are as follows:—
Routine Inspection.
Under the Regulations of the Board of Education:
Children admitted for the first time during the year 2793
Children comprising the intermediate group 2044
Children between the ages of 12 and 14 years and other
age groups 3506
Total 8343
Other routine inspections 54
Inspection of Selected Children.
Referred for defects suspected by head teachers,
attendance officers, school nurses, care committees,
etc. 2504
Other cases—
(i) Fitness for employment in accordance with
Bye-laws regulating the employment of young
persons—
Examined 319
Fit 316
Unfit 3
(ii) Candidates as bursars and student teachers 36
(iii) Children examined under "The Employment
of Children in Entertainments Rules, 1920"
Seen 10
Granted 10
Defective Children Re-examined. 8341
(a) Routine medical inspection was conducted in all cases on
the elementary school premises.
(b) The Board of Education's schedule of medical inspection
has been followed in its entirety.
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