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(b) CO-OPERATION OF TEACHERS.
Renewed and grateful acknowledgment must be given for the
no-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.
(c) 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.
(d) 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, in arranging for Convalescent
Home Treatment, and of after-care visiting in connection with