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Ealing 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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In the Annual Report for 1930 it will be possible to give a
full description of the schools which are at present in course of
construction.
Medical Inspection.
The inspections carried out at the schools in the Borough
included the following groups:—
1.—Routine inspections as required by the Board of Education
as follows:—
(a) Entrants—All children admitted to school for the first
time during the year.
(b)Intermediates—All children eight years of age or reaching
that age before the end of the year.
(c) Leavers—Children who are twelve or who will be twelve
before the end of the year, together with those over
that age not previously examined.
2.—Non-routine inspections as follows:—
(а)Children, not in the aforementioned routine groups, who
are presented by the head-teachers for examination
for some defect or suspected defect.
(b) Children requiring supervision on account of some defect
found at a previous routine or non-routine examination.
3.—Annual Inspections at the Schools or at the Health
Centres of:—
(a) Physically defective or crippled children.
(b) Mentally defective children.