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CO-ORDINATION WITH OTHER HEALTH
SERVICES.
(a) Infant and Child Welfare.— The school medical
work is an integral part of the general public health
work of the district. The health visitors who supervise
the school children are responsible for the home visiting
of children under school age and for attendance at the
Infant Welfare Centres. Arrangements have been made
whereby details of importance are transferred from the
infant welfare clinic cards to the school medical cards
when the children reach school age.
(b) Nursery Schools.— There are no nursery schools
in the district.
(c) The Care of Debilitated Children under School
Ag.— The physical condition of these children is
watched alt the Welfare Centres and by visits to the
homes by the health visitors under the Maternity and
Child Welfare Scheme.
A considerable number of children are sent for
convalescent treatment by the Voluntary Infant Welfare
Association.
THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE IN RELATION
TO THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
School Hygiene.
There are four Council Schools and four Nonprovided
Schools in the district. Three of the Council
Schools are of the central hall type and one of the
pavilion type. The Non-provided Schools are old and
compare unfavourably with the more modern Council
buildings.
The immediate surroundings of the schools are
fairly satisfactory, although in some instances the buildings
arc in too close proximity to busy thoroughfares.
Natural means of ventilation are employed in all cases
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