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With the increased attention now given to the health of
school children it is becoming more and more necessary to
have something in the nature of a dossier for each child.
The Medical Officer in charge of the inspection clinic
always has before him a list of children in respect of whom
proceedings are being instituted or contemplated by the
School Attendance Committee. By this means conflict of
policy between the School Attendance Department and the
School Medical Department is often avoided. For instance,
it is not unusual for a parent against whom a provisional
summons has been ordered, to bring his child surreptitiously
to the School Doctor with a view to getting the child
excluded for some imaginary ailment.
BOARD OF EDUCATION GRANT FOR THE
YEAR 1914-1915.
A total grant of £398 6s. 1d. was made. This figure
amounts to half the actual cost of the school medical service
for the year 1913-1914, and is apparently based on this. The
following were the particulars of expenditure during the year
1913-1914 :
£
s.
d.
Salaries of Medical Officers
425
8
4
Salary of School Nurse (proportion)
62
6
1
Clerical Assistance (Two Clerks)
107
9
6
Travelling Expenses
11
14
2
Printing, Stationery, Postages, &c
50
10
9
Drugs and Materials
5
14
0
Apparatus and Fittings
17
9
6
Provision of Premises, including Repayment
in respect of Loans
46
1
1
Maintenance of Premises (Rates, Gas,
Heating, Lighting, Cleaning and
upkeep of Furniture)
59
8
11
Bacteriological Examinations
7
1
11
Miscellaneous
3
8
0
£796
12
3