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and in submitting for examination other children who should be
kept under supervision, such as cases of heart disease, anaemia and
chest conditions.
There can be no question that the teachers recognise the
importance of the medical service in the educational scheme and
that they take an intimate interest in the child's health in relation
to its educational curriculum and progress.
CO-OPERATION OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICERS.
The two School Attendance or Enquiry Officers continue to
act in intimate co-operation with the school medical staff to whom
they give invaluable assistance in the discovery of physically and
mentally defective children at an early stage, whether in attendance
at school or not, and in their supervision. Frequently they refer
to the Clinic for examination children whose continued absence from
school is due to some condition for which no treatment is being
obtained or for which treatment or supervision at the School Clinic
is desirable. Both School Enquiry Officers appear to recognise the
important inter-relation of school medical and school attendance
work.
CO-OPERATION OF VOLUNTARY BODIES.
Although most of the supervision of defective children is
carried out by the permanent staff of school nurses, with much
assistance afforded by the head-teachers and the school enquiry
officers, yet there are ways in which considerable assistance is
obtained through voluntary agencies. The Central Aid Society is
able to assist in obtaining hospital and particularly convalescent
home treatment for anaemic or badly nourished children and in
supplying surgical appliances for those who are crippled ; the
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in
bringing pressure to bear on parents who neglect their children
either in the way of general care or medical treatment; the School
Attendance Aid Committee in providing boots or surgical apparatus
and the Middlesex King Edward Memorial scheme in giving holidays
at their Holiday Home at Heme Bay for anaemic or badly nourished
children.