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defects not necessitating exclusion, but calling
possibly to some modification of the school
regime. This the Medical Inspector would
direct in accord with the requirements of particular
defects.
(c) Amendment of the home conditions of the
child. As the Memorandum very properly
observes, " it is in the home that both the
seed and the fruit of public health are to be
found. The increased work undertaken by
the State for the individual will mean that the
parents will not have to do less for themselves
and their children, but more." Administrative
economy will unquestionably best be served by
using to the utmost extent " the existing
machinery of Medical and Sanitary Admin-
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stration, developing and supplementing it as
required, rather than supplanting it by bringing
into existence new agencies partially redundant
and possibly competing."
FREQUENCY OF MEDICAL INSPECTION.
"12. The Board have decided under section 13
of the Act that not less than three inspections
during the school life of the child will be necessary