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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.
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 referred
by parents, teachers or school nurses are examined
in the schools or at the appropriate school clinic, while
"re-inspections" are dealt with in the same manner
In 1935 the total number of medical inspections was
3,731.
Findings of Medical Inspections.
The number of defects, apart from dental defects and
uncleanliness, found at routine medical inspection in the
schools and at other inspections is set out in Table II.
Of the 1,540 who were submitted to routine inspection
140 or 9.1% were found to be in need of medical treatment.
(a) Malnutrition.
The Board's new classification of the nutrition of the
children submitted to routine examination was used through-
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