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Co-operation of Parents.
Parents are invited to attend the medical inspections and
in a very large proportion of cases do so. They frequently
express appreciation of the advice given. An encouraging'
fact is that many parents voluntarily consult the Nurses and
Medical Officers about their children.
Co-operation of Teachers.
Teachers frequently refer children to the Medical Officers
for advice and assist by influencing the parents to take the
advice given.
Co-operation of School Attendance Officers.
I am in constant communication with your Secretary and
the Attendance Officers. Information is constantly passing
between the two Departments. Children are frequently referred
to the Nurses and Medical Officers by the Attendance
Officers, and the assistance of the Attendance Officers is often
of considerable value to the Medical department. There is
close and helpful co-operation between your Secretary and
myself.
Co-operation of Voluntary Bodies.
There is not a great deal of this, but cases are at times
referred to the School Medical Officer by Hospitals and other
Charitable Associations, and these are always given attention.
Cases are, when necessary, referred to the Inspector of the
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
by the School Medical Officer. Such cases are always
promptly investigated by the Inspector and invariably with
good results.
Blind, Deaf, Defective and Epileptic Children.
These cases usually come to notice through the medium
of Head Teachers and Attendance Officers. Not infrequently
they are brought to the notice of the Secretary by the
parents before they have commenced school attendance. In
these ways they are nearly always ascertained, even before
they come up for routine medical examination.