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ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Three age-groups are examined as required by the Board of
Education Grant Regulations No. 19 (1925). These groups are : -
1. Entrants.
2. Intermediates (children having attained their eighth birthday).
3. Leavers (children having attained their twelfth birthday).
The total number of children examined during the year was
3,967. In 1936 3,819 were examined.
Routine Medical Inspection is carried out on the school premises
except in those cases where there is a school clinic conveniently
placed. Notices are handed to children stating in lay terms the defect
from which they are suffering, with the request that they should hand
these notices to their parents. In addition to this, a visit is made
subsequently by the school nurse, who urges upon the parent the
necessity of getting the defect remedied.
73 per cent of the children examined during the year in the course
of routine examination were accompanied by their parents.
The comparative figures for the last five years are as follows :—
1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
Percentage of children accompanied
by parents 77 76 76 79 73
30 per cent of the children examined were vaccinated. The
comparative figures for the last five years are as follows :-