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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 al
ready examined as Entrants, i.e.
normally between 5 and 6 years.
(2) 8-Year-old i.e.,
Group
Children in their second year in a
Junior School, unless previously examined
in the Junior School.
(3) Entrants to i.e.,
Secondary
School
Children in their first year in a
Secondary School who have not already
been examined as Primary
Leavers.
(4) Final i.e.,
Leavers
Children in their last year of attendance
at a Maintained Secondary
School who have not been medically
examined in that year.
(5) Special i.e.,
Cases
Children of other ages with possible
defects and whom the Head Teacher
and parents wish the Medical Officer
to see at his next visit.
A total of 13,947 children were examined as compared with
14,165 in 1961, and 6.035 parents attended the examinations.
The total percentage of parents attending was 43.3 against
50.8 last year. (See Appendix B, Table V).
455 specials and 526 re-inspections of children were carried
out,