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These records at present consist of about
48,000 cards, each containing the detailed results of
investigation into the various conditions affecting
the scholars who have been the subject of enquiry.
The analysis and tabulation of the facts recorded
on these cards have furnished a mass of statistics
which have, in part, been embodied in my annual
reports, and the value of which will be enhanced
by comparison with the results which the further
records will disclose.
The responsibility for keeping these records
and for their analysis and tabulation should rest
with the Supervising Medical Officer. The entries
will be made if the existing conservation of clerical
work is preserved, partly by the Teachers or Attendance
Officers, partly by the Assistant Medical
Officers of Schools, and partly by the Lady Health
Visitors.
It is perhaps unnecessary to say more here
with regard to the card system which I designed
four years ago as part of the scheme for the
hygienic control of schools than that it aims at