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School Baths.
There are no school baths, but swimming is taught
to nearly all the senior children at the Public Baths with
considerable success.
Co-operation of Parents, Teachers, Etc.
The greatest sympathy with the whole Medical service
exists in the minds of the teachers in the various
schools, and their co-operation is of the very greatest
value to the Medical Officer. They are always present at
the Routine Inspections of the children under their
charge, and at times give great assistance in making
known any facts regarding the family or personal history
of the child. They have always been found ready to offer
any help in carrying out the work of the School Medical
Service, and they often are a means of communication
between the doctor and the parent if the latter be not
present at the* child's examination. The parents are
always welcomed, and indeed, are invited to attend at
the examination of their child, a notice being sent, intimating
to them the time and date when it is to take
place.
It gives the Medical Officer an opportunity to explain
any defects found, and where and how they can be
treated, either by their own attention, or by the facilities
of the School Clinic. It is very gratifying to us that
many of the parents, especially of the younger children,
that is entrants, avail themselves of this opportunity of
advice and intercourse.
80 per cent. of the parents of these entrants and 25
per cent. of the parents of the older children, a total of
806 parents, attended these examinations.
Blind, Deaf, Defective and Epileptic Children.
A glance at Table III at the end of the report, will
show how many of these are in the district.
We have no special schools under the Erith Authority,
but when a case becomes known it is dealt with as
far as we can at present, by Institutional treatment.