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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. These
defects can obviously be detected quite easily.
During the year your School Medical Officer attended a meeting
of the Walthamstow Head Teachers' Association and a discussion
was held on the "School Medical Services." It is hoped that the
frank exchange of views will lead, if possible, to even smoother
co-operation than in the past.
15. CO-OPERATION OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
OFFICERS.
The Attendance Department, under Mr. S. J. Longman, Superintendent
Attendance Officer, has again co-operated most generously
along the lines detailed in the 1931 report.
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 kindly contributed
the following statistics relating to the work of the Walthamstow
Branch during 1932:—