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Inspection cards are also kept at the School. Each child has a record
card, giving height and weight, and naming defect, if any. If the parent
is not present, the nature of the defect is notified to her.
Re-inspection was carried out at the end of the year.
4a. During the year, all the age groups have been inspected, that is,
the entrants, the leavers (over 12 years of age), and an intermediate group,
age 8—9 years.
4b. The Board's schedule of medical inspection has been adopted.
4c. The early ascertainment of crippling defects is secured by (1)
bringing forward any child at the routine examination, whether the age
group or not; (2) by the Head Teacher sending the child to the clinic for
advice.
4d. The inspection is always conducted on the school premises, either
in a staff-room or a class-room. In seme of the schools the accommodation
for this purposes is extremely cramped. The average time that a child might
be away from the class would probably be under half an hour.
The disturbance of school arrangements is not great. Exclusions during
routine inspection were very few; 1 for impetigo, 2 for body vermin,
1 for follicular tonsillitis, and 1 for ringworm. These children were
excluded under Article 53 (b).
5—REVIEW OF THE FACTS DISCLOSED BY MEDICAL
INSPECTION.
In Table II. are given particulars of all defects found during the year,
and divided into two columns. By routine medical inspection is meant the
inspection of the three definite age groups. A child seen apart from this
routine examination, whether seen at the School or at the School Clinic is
termed a " special."
5a. UNCLEANLINESS.—Verminous heads were found during routine
inspection in 41 children, and verminous bodies in 22 children. In addition
there were 51 head cases and 2 body eases specially sent by the teachers.
During the year one nurse has devoted the whole of her time to the inspection