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take the treatment of Minor Ailments.
2. To prepare beforehand for Routine Medical
Inspections at the Schools by weighing, measuring and
applying rough vision tests.
3. To assist the School Medical Officer at Routine
Medical Inspections and Re-inspections.
4. To assist the Dental Surgeon at his Inspections
at the Schools and at his sessions at the Clinic.
5. To apply atropine ointment to children warned to
attend the Clinic for refractions.
6. To assist the Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Clinic.
7. To follow-up by paying home visits.
8. To carry out cleanliness surveys at the Schools.
9. To re-examine those children found unclean after
a short interval.
10. To bring obstinate cases of uncleanliness before
the School Medical Officer.
11. To supervise the work of the Clerk, and the
keeping of all records and cards under the direction of
the School Medical Officer.

VACCINATION.
At Routine Medical Inspections a record is made of
children showing evidence of having been vaccinated or not,
and in 1921 it was evident that the number of unvaccinated
children attending the Public Elementary Schools was
increasing, since the percentage of vaccinated children of
the Leaver group was 77 per cent., whilst that of the
Entrants was only 55 per cent.
During the last four years since then the percentage
of vaccinated Entrant Infants has remained stable between
50 and 60 per cent., causing a halt in the previous steady
decline.
SPECIAL SCHOOLS.
The Special School for Physically Defective Children
is situated at "Elmfield," London Road,