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cough and the statistics relating to this work will he found on
page 22 of this Report.
In conjunction with the Ealing and Brentford & Chiswick
Hospitals Committee, arrangements were made for a number of
children to receive operative treatment for tonsils and adenoids
at the Clayponds Isolation Hospital and 202 cases were dealt with
in this way.
The general work of the service has expanded and for the
first time since pre-war days the second age group of school children
was medically examined in the schools. The second age group is
comprised of children in their last year of attendance at a maintained
primary school.
STAFF.
There were a few changes in the staff during the year caused
by resignations but replacements were made in good time to
preserve the continuity of the work.
Two new appointments were made to the staff of the child
guidance centre, a psychologist and play therapist and a psychiatric
social worker. In addition to these new appointments the sessions
of two other members of the child guidance team were increased.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Periodic medical inspection of pupils in the entrants, second
and third age groups was carried out at all maintained schools in
the borough. As has been mentioned in the opening remarks of
this report it was for the first time since the outbreak of war that
the second age group has been subjected to routine medical
inspection ; the temporary suspension of this work being due, of
course, to the depletion of staff during hostilities.
Pupils other than in this group were examined as usual and
statistics relating to these inspections will be found in the tables
at the end of this report. Under the heading of " special inspections
" it will be found that 4,545 were specially examined. This
figure relates to children kept under observation and others referred
by school nurses, heads of schools and in some cases by school
enquiry officers.
FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The statistics relating to periodic medical inspections and
other inspections will be found at the end of this report in Table I