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Co-operation of Parents.
The presence of parents is always welcomed at the various
clinics and routine medical inspections. A parent can assist the
examining medical officer very materially, in arriving at accurate
conclusions. Advice given personally to a parent by the doctor
is always more valuable than when carried second-hand or
through the medium of printed notices and instructions.
Co-operation of Teachers.
The head teachers have been as helpful as in previous years;
their co-operation is essential for the efficient carrying out of the
work, and as this is recognised by them, matters are made easier
than they would be otherwise.
Co-operation of the School Attendance Officers.
I should like to express my thanks to the Superintendent
Attendance Officer for the valuable assistance he has rendered us
during the year, in connection with the tracing of cases temporarily
lost sight of, in seeing that urgent treatment is carried
out. in proceedings against parents whose children are kept in
an habitually dirty condition, and also with children on the
exceptional children's register.
The Voluntary School Care Committees have continued their
work of assisting in the provision of treatment, and their interest
is not infrequently a deciding factor in the successful issue.
The Croydon Council of Social Service gives information
and assistance in dealing with necessitous cases for whom provision
could not otherwise readily be made.
Close co-operation is maintained with the Societv for the
pretention of Cruelty to Children, whose inspector has rendered
much asistance with a few difficult cases. 14 cases reported by