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The temporary school at St. Thomas's Church, Haydon Road,
remained in occupation.
Routine medical inspection at the Mossford School, Dr.
Barnardo's Girls' Village Home was again carried out by my
Department during the year, 229 children being examined, the
treatment of the children being left, as previously, in the hands
of the Home Authorities.
4. Medical Inspection.— This has been carried out in accordance
with the Board of Education (Special Services) Regulations,
dated the 18th August, 1925, Seotion 17 of which states:—
The Authority must provide for the medical inspection of all
children in Public Elementary Schools as soon as possible in the
twelve months following—
(a) their first admission to Public Elementary Schools, and
(b) their attaining the age of eight years, and
(c) their attaining the age of twelve years.
Details of the system adopted are given in the Annual Report
for 1920.
During 1928 the number of visits by the Medical Officers to 37
different departments of 16 schools for the purposes of routine
medical inspection was 354. The number of children examined
during the year, falling within the above age groups, totalled 5,910
(2,949 boys and 2,961 girls), an increase of 172 over the figures for
1927. In addition, a number of children of varying ages were
presented by the Head Teachers for special medical examination,
being thought by the teachers to be suffering from some ailment.
During 1928, 137 such children (69 boys and 68 girls) were
examined. 1,811 re-examinations (929 boys and 882 girls) were
made at school by the doctors, to ascertain the result of the treatment
of defects found in the course of medical inspection. A total