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II.—CO-ORDINATION.
Co-ordination between the School Medical Service and other
health services provided by the Council is secured by the fact that
the medical and dental officers engaged in the school medical work
also serve the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee in looking
after children under school age.
III.—SCHOOL HYGIENE.
Mr. Matthews, the Borough Surveyor, informs me that with
the exception of a lavatory added to Lordship Lane Infants'
Department, no work of any note has been completed in any of the
Council's Schools during 1938.
A commencement was made during the year with the erection
of the new White Hart Lane School which will shortly be completed.
Cloakroom additions have also been commenced at the Domestic
Centre in White Hart Lane, and alterations to convert an old
building at White Hart Lane into a new Dining Centre.
Extensive alterations were also commenced at Bounds Green
School at the end of the year.
IV.—MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The age groups of the children inspected have been as in
former years, those specified by the Board of Education, viz.:
(a) Entrants; (b) children of eight years; and (c) children of twelve
years or over. There have also been special inspections of children
referred by head teachers or school nurses or brought for examination
by parents or guardians. In addition, all physically
or mentally defective children have been examined at regular
intervals, as well as all children who are supplied with meals at the
feeding centre or with milk or malt and oil, and, finally, all
children found at the routine inspections throughout the year to
show defects have been re-examined at the end of the year.
The following table gives a summary of the medical inspections
carried out during the year.
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