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Co-operation of Teachers.
leavers 67.8 per cent. These percentages certainly show
the real interest of the parents in the physical welfare
of the children and indicate a high appreciation of
medical supervision. From year to year there has been
an increasing interest of the parents in medical inspection
and treatment. Whereas in the early days opposition
to medical inspection of schools was fairly frequent,
now the inspection is very rarely objected to. In fact,
the inspection is now usually welcomed and the parents
take it as a necessary corollary that the children shall
be treated at the School Clinic, which appears to be
held in high estimation by the majority of the parents.
There can be no doubt that the parents show a general
desire for an early recognition and the early treatment of
defective conditions in the children.
Co-operation of Teachers.
The teachers generally maintain a deep interest in
school medical inspection, giving their whole-hearted
co-operation and interested assistance.
The deep interest of the teachers is exemplified by
many of them keeping records of defective children.
They are assisted in keeping these records by lists,
which are sent to them after medical inspection, of the
children found in their school to be defective. These
lists can be kept as permanent records by the teachers
and can be referred to when necessary in considering
the relation of the educational progress to the physical
condition of each child. The teachers also assist greatly
in securing treatment of defective conditions at the
earliest possible moment by making enquiries and reporting
to the School Medical Officer at the end of a
certain time whether the children have received