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in Circular 582. It will be seen from Table I in the Statistical
Appendix at the end of this Report that the number of such code
group inspections was 4,917, representing 30 per cent. of the number
of children on the school registers.
Of 4,917 children who were examined in the code age groups
during the year, 4,016 (or over 82 per cent.) were accompanied by
their parents.
Other Routine Inspections.—In addition, other routine
inspections were made of 876 children who did not fall under the
three code age groups, e.g., routine inspections of a fourth age
group or of other groups of children as distinct from those who are
selected individually on account of some suspected ill-health for
"special" inspection. The total number of children subjected to
routine medical inspection during the year was therefore 5,793.
With the exception of Knotts Green Special School, Canterbury
Road School and the new Connaught Road School, no separate
accommodation exists for medical inspection. In most of the
schools the head teachers are prepared to put special accommodation
at the disposal of the medical staff, even at considerable personal
inconvenience : and in certain schools the accommodation leaves
much to be desired.
B.—Other Inspections.
Special Inspections.—A special inspection is a medical
inspection of a child specially selected by the Medical Officer during
a visit to the school or referred to the Medical Officer by the
Teachers, School Nurses, Attendance Officers, Parents or otherwise,
i.e., an inspection other than a routine medical inspection.
The number of such special inspections during the year was
2,103.
Re-inspections.—These are medical inspections of children
who, as a result of a routine or special inspection, come up later on
for subsequent re-inspection either at the school or at the Inspection
Clinic. The number of re-inspections during 1933 was 9,389.