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14. CO-OPERATION OF TEACHERS.
Renewed and grateful acknowledgment must be given for the
co-operation of Head Teachers, upon whom a great deal of the
success of the School Medical Service depends. They have again
helped generously in the preparation for medical inspection and
re-inspections, in assisting in the following-up necessary for the
remedy of defects, in allowing the use of their private rooms for
inspection, and in the reference of all known cases of minor ailments
for treatment at the School Clinics.
Many minor ailments occur between the visits of the Medical
Inspectors to the schools and the continued co-operation of the
Teaching Staff in sending such cases for treatment, either to the
family doctor or to the Clinics, is earnestly requested. The
importance of immediate treatment for such serious conditions as
discharging ears and squints cannot be over-estimated.
15. CO-OPERATION OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
OFFICERS.
The Attendance Department, under Mr. S. J. Longman,
Superintendent Attendance Officer, has again co-operated most
generously, particularly in the following respects:—The ascertainment
of exceptional children, especially of the mentally defective,
and their subsequent statutory examination; arrangements for
Convalescent Home treatment; control of Smallpox in school
outbreaks; provision of milk on medical grounds; arrangements
for Orthopaedic treatment; and the collection of fees for spectacles
provided under the Authority's scheme.
16. CO-OPERATION OF VOLUNTARY BODIES.
(a) The Invalid Children's Aid Association, through its Secretary,
Miss D. A. Lewis, has given invaluable help, notably in respect of
the Rheumatism Clinic, of arranging for Convalescent Home
treatment at St. Catherine's Home, Ventnor, and of after-care
visiting in connection with children attending the Physically
Defective School and Brookfield Hospital. Miss Lewis has attended
every session of the Rheumatism Clinic, where her help has been
much appreciated. Miss Lewis has kindly contributed the following
statistics relating to the work of the Walthamstow Branch
during 1931:—