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CO-ORDINATION WITH OTHER HEALTH SERVICES.
Close co-operation exists between the Public Health Department
and the School Medical Service; the Medical
Officer of Health is also School Medical Officer, while the
Assistant School Medical Officer and the three School Nurses
also carry out the Maternity and Child Welfare work in
the Borough. The School Nurses know most of the children
before they are admitted to school, and they are also
acquainted with their home circumstances.
School Hygiene.
The new Summerside Junior School was opened in
November, 1933. This is an open air type of school built
on an excellent site and accommodating 450 children.
This school has made "re-organisation" possible in the
northern part of the Borough, thereby relieving the overcrowding
that existed in Christ Church School, which has
also been greatly improved by the addition of two new
bright and airy classrooms.
On the whole the hygienic condition of the schools is
good and improvements in the older buildings of the NonProvided
Schools are continually going on. The old-fashioned
arrangements for the supply of drinking water are gradually
being replaced by modern "fountains," and in a number of
schools old desks have been replaced by modern ones.
Medical Inspection.
Routine Medical Inspection is carried out on the elementary
school premises and the three age groups laid
down by the Board of Education are dealt with, namely:—
Five year olds, eight year olds, and twelve year olds.
All new admissions to the schools which do not fall into any
of these groups are also examined. "Special" children
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