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in each case where the children are already prepared
and only strictly medical work has to be attended
to by the doctor.
From the first it should be recognised that what
is needed is a scheme which shall prove of practical
utility, It is useless to note that a child is dirty or
verminous if nothing is done to see that it is
properly and effectively cleansed. To exclude a
child from school because it is suffering from
ringworm is a necessary measure of prevention so
far as the other children in the school are concerned,
but there is an obvious incompleteness in
the system if the affected child is permitted tc
suffer through years of protracted disablement,
because of the incapacity or neglect of the parent
to provide for the treatment of the condition. It
is obvious that if good practical results are to follow
upon medical inspection of the children, the cooperation
of the parents on the one hand, and of
the teachers and officers of the Education Authority
on the other must be enlisted.
The children discovered to be suffering from
curable complaints must be visited at their homes,
the parents must be informed of the nature of their