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5
MEDICAL INSPECTION IN SCHOOLS
The system of routine medical inspection is as follows:-
Primary and Modern Secondary Schools.
(1) Entrants i.e., Children admitted for the first time
to a maintained school and not already
examined as Entrants, i. e.
normally between 5 and 6 years.
(2) 8-year-old. i.e., Children in their second year in a
Group Junior School, unless previously
amined in the Junior School.
(3) Entrants to i.e., Children in their first year in a
Secondary Secondary School who have not already
School been examined as Primary Leavers.
(4) *Final i.e., Children in their last year of atten-
Leavers dance at a Maintained Secondary
School who have not been medically
examined in that year.
(5) Special i.e., Children of other ages with possible
Cases defects and whom the Head Teacher
and parents wish the Medical Officer
to see at his next visit.
A total of 10,096 children were examined as compared with
11,195 in 1957, and 5,488 parents attended the examinations.
The total percentage of parents attending was 54. 4 against
58.9 last year. See Appendix B Table V.
468 specials and 258 re-inspections of children were carried
out.