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CO-OPERATION OF PARENTS.
The parents continue to take an active interest in the medical
inspection and treatment of the children. The percentage of
parents present at the inspections is high, namely 73.4.
CO-OPERATION OF TEACHERS.
Too much stress cannot be placed on the importance of the
active co-operation of the teachers in school medical work and it
is a source of gratification that the teachers in this area show
a sustained and active interest in this part of Public Health work.
In many ways teachers can be of valuable assistance, such as
conveying information regarding the admission of mentally and
physically defective children, the notification of suspected cases
of infectious disease and in calling attention to children whose
physical conditior, or state of health, is below normal. They are
also of great assistance not only in stimulating the parents to obtain
treatment for defective children found at medical inspection
but in fostering the interest of the parents in the physical wellbeing
of their children.
CO-OPERATION OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICERS.
The School Attendance or Enquiry Officers continue to
give the same valuable assistance which has been noted in previous
years. They act in intimate co-operation with the School Medical
Staff, to whom they supply valuable information and from whom
they obtain much real help in their school attendance work. Both
the School Enquiry Officers fully recognise how closely associated
school medical and school attendance work must be if success is
to be achieved in both.
CO-OPERATION OF VOLUNTARY BODIES.
The supervision of defective children is carried out in a routine
manner by the whole-time School Nurses with some assistance
given by the Head-teachers and School Enquiry Officers, but there
are certain ways in which help is obtained from voluntary bodies.
The Central Aid Society gives assistance in obtaining Hospital
and Convalescent Home treatment for anaemic or badly nourished
children, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children in bringing pressure to bear on neglectful parents, the
School Attendance Aid Committee in providing boots for the children