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Miss D. E. Nicholson, School Nurse, resigned in March. Miss
G. Griffiths who had been in Devon as School Nurse since November,
1940, asked to be allowed to return in October and Miss E. Evans
took her place. Owing to the increase of work in Ealing due to
the return of so many children it soon became necessary to ask
the Devon County Medical Officer to release Miss Evans and she
returned in December. Miss L. Gilbert was then the only School
Nurse remaining in a reception area.
EVACUATION.
There was no large scale evacuation of school children from
Ealing in 1941. The children were sent away in small parties
whenever applications were received.
In January Local Education Authorities were empowered
under the Defence Regulations to medically examine compulsorily
and to evacuate any child considered to be suffering in mind or
body as a result of air raids or considered likely to suffer if remaining
in an evacuation area. There was, however, no necessity to take
any action in this way.
During the year 303 children were medically examined prior
to evacuation.
The following figures show the total number of Ealing school
children remaining in reception areas after having been officially
evacuated :—
May 7,500
September 5,300
December 4,400
The absence from air raids from May onwards caused more
and more children to return to Ealing, and by December there were
14,100 children on the school rolls in Ealing.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Medical inspection included (1) the routine inspection in the
schools of children in the three age-groups recommended by the
Board of Education, namely, (a) entrants, (6) children at eight
years, and (c) children at twelve years ; (2) the special inspection