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MEDICAL INSPECTION IN SCHOOLS.
The system of routine medical inspection is now as followsA.
Primary and Modern Secondary Schools.
(1) Entrants i.e.,
(2) 8-year-old i.e.,
Group
(3) Primary i.e.,
Leavers
(4) Leavers i.e.,
(Final)
(5) Special Cases i.e.,
(if any)
Children admitted for the first time to a
Maintained School.
Children who had attained their 8th
birthday at the opening date of the
Term but have not yet reached their
9th birthday and who have not been
medically examined at the age 8 years.
Children in their last year of attendance
in a Maintained Primary School and
who have not been medically examined
in that year.
Children in their last year of attendance
in a Maintained Secondary School
who have not been medically examined
in that year.
Children of other ages who are apparently
defective and whom the Head
Teacher and parents wish the Medical
Officer to see at his next visit.
A total of 11,102 children were examined as compared with
11,747 in 1949, and 7,147 parents attended the examinations. The
percentage attendance of parents in the Entrants' group was for
boys 90.2 per cent. and girls 86.9 per cent.; in the Intermediate
group, boys 53.1 per cent., girls 06.5 per cent.; in the Leavers'
group, boys 13.5 per cent., girls 36.4 per cent.; and in the Other
Ages group, boys 72.1 per cent., girls 78.0 per cent.
The total percentage of parents attending was 64.4 as against
63.5 last year.
72l specials and 534 re-inspections of children were carried
out.