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104 General Statement.
The total number of children on the school registers
was 7,492, and the average attendance 6,643, thus
making an average attendance 88.6 per cent. As
4900 children were medically examined out of a total
average attendance of 6,643 it means that 74 per cent.
of the children in attendance were medically examined
during the year.
(b) The Board's Schedule of Medical Inspection
has been adhered to in every respect.
(c) To secure the early ascertainment of children
suffering from crippling defects particular steps are
taken in routine manner. In the first place, all crippled
children under the supervision of the Child Welfare
Staff are transferred as they reach school age to the
School Medical Department, their record cards being
passed on in a routine way ; in the second place, it is
the duty of the School Attendance Officers to give
immediate information to the School Medical Officer
of all crippled children coming to their knowledge;
thirdly, the head-teachers have to notify to the School
Medical Officer any additions to the official list, supplied
by the School Medical Officer each year, of crippled
children attending each school ; and lastly, a particular
medical survey of all crippled children, whether attending
or not attending school, is made each year to ascertain
their progress and to determine the need for
treatment, the official list of crippled children being
then checked and each school being supplied with
its corrected list.
Special Record Cards of all crippled children are
kept in a separate file, a note being made of each
medical examination and of the progress of the child.