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In addition, Miss Radford has visited the schools every
three months and examined the heads of all the children. By
this means a steady improvement has been effected, and from
the fact that the heads are subject to a periodical inspection
a great deal has been effected in keeping parents alive to the
importance of attending to this condition. It entails, of
course, an enormous amount of work, but the result justifies
the effort. I give a summary of the work done under the two
headings at the end of this section.
CHILDREN EXAMINED AT THE OFFICE.
In addition to the Inspection at the schools, any parent,
teacher, or Attendance Officer can send a child to my
office any morning between 9 and 10 o'clock. The child is
then seen and a certificate given as to the length of time of
exclusion from school, or a return certificate, as the case
may be.

Certificates of fitness to attend school were given in
1,702 instances.