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THE STATUTORY INSPECTION.
The Memorandum issued by the Board of
Education on the 22nd November, last, defines the
minimum as to degree and frequency of Medical
Inspection, " the effectiveness of which will in
future be one of the elements to be considered in
determining the efficiency of each school as a grantaided
school."
DEGREE OR CHARACTER OF
INSPECTION.
The Memorandum requires that account shall
be taken of the following matters :—
(1) Previous disease, including infectious diseases.
(2) General condition and circumstances—
(a) Height and weight.
(b) Nutrition [good, medium, bad].
(c) Cleanliness [including vermin of head and
body].
(d) Clothing [sufficiency, cleanliness, and
gear].
(3) Throat, nose and articulation [mouth-breathing,
snoring, stammering, tonsillar and glandular conconditions,
adenoids].
(4) External eye disease and vision testing.
(5) Ear disease and deafness.
(6) Teeth and oral sepsis.