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(7) Mental capacity [normal, backward, defective].
(8) Present disease or defect: [(a) Deformities or
paralyses: (b) Rickets; (c) Tuberculosis (glandular,
pulmonary, osseous, or other forms) ;
(d) Diseases of skin and lymph glands; (e)
Disease of heart or lungs; (f) Anaemia; (g)
Epilepsy (/i) Chorea ; (i) Ruptures ; (;') Spinal
disease ; (k) Any weakness or defect unfitting
the child for ordinary school life or physical
drill, or requiring either exemption from special
branches of instruction or particular supervision.]
It is needless to point out that this entails a
thorough Medical Examination of each child
inspected.
It is not anticipating results unduly, to say that
many of the conditions discovered will require :—
(a) The temporary exclusion of the scholar, and
its reference to the Medical Attendant of the
family, pending its recovery and attainment
of fitness to return to school. The necessary
representations to the parents in these cases
will best be made by the Health Visitors,
acting under the directions of the Medical
Inspectors.
(b) The continued medical supervision of the
scholar in the case of children with physical+