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Co-operation of School Attendance Officers, etc.
ment. Again, in sending cases of impetigo, of scabies,,
of suspected infectious disease, of defective eyesight,
or of any other defective condition for examination
at the inspection clinic they greatly assist in the general
scheme of school medical inspection and treatment.
Co-operation of School Attendance Officers.
The Attendance Officers have continued to give every
assistance by providing information regarding children
who are absent from school on account of such conditions
as impetigo, ringworm, etc., and are not receiving
treatment at home or at the School Clinic, or who are
suspected of having infectious disease, or who have been
absent continuously without a medical certificate
being produced.
The Woman Attendance Officer has maintained the
good work remarked upon in last year's report in
connection with the supervision of children excluded
from school.
Co-operation of Voluntary Bodies.
The whole of the following up is carried out by the
School Nurses, who refer cases which cannot be dealt
with at the School Clinic to Voluntary Societies. To
the Central Aid Society are referred children for convalescent
treatment, children requiring treatment in a general
hospital, and those in need of surgical appliances ;
to the National Society of the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children are referred children requiring supervision ;
and to the School Attendance Aid Committee children
in need of boots which cannot be provided by the parents
on account of necessitous circumstances.