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intervals. Sufficient time has not yet elapsed to form an
opinion as to the wisdom or otherwise of this course.
The Assistant School Medical Officer visited each department
of the schools twice during the year for the
purpose of enquiring into the general hygienics and
sanitary conditions of these schools.
Medical Inspection
The general routine Medical Inspection has been
carried out as in former years, and according to the
Board of Education's full schedule for the Medical Inspection
of School Children. The record card which is
used is that suggested by the Board. These routine inspections
are carried out during the afternoons by the
Assistant School Medical Officer. The Head Teacher of
the school which is to be visited is notified of the fact,
and the parents of the children to be examined are asked
to be present on the occasion of the Doctor's visit, if they
so desire. A room is generally provided for this examination
of the children, at which the Head Teacher is also
present, and suggestions are sometimes made for the
benefit of the child by the Medical Officer, and he often
receives an account of any peculiarities noticed or any
defects suspected by the teacher. These are heartily
welcomed by him as of great importance in the examination.
These arrangements do not seem to disturb the
general routine of school life to any extent, as the children
are brought up and prepared in batches at a time,
and are then dismissed back to their classes when the examination
is finished.
On the occasion of the visits for Routine Inspection
special cases are often brought to the notice of the Medical
Officer by the head teachers themselves, or they are
invited to do so by the Doctor. But the great proportion
of cases requiring any special attention are sent as soon
as they become known to the teachers, direct to the Medical
Officer at the Clinic for examination and advice. A
child therefore does not require to wait for the routine
visit of the Medical Officer to his school if any ailment or
ailing condition be suspected. In this way crippling de-