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(b) CO-OPERATION OF TEACHERS.
Grateful acknowledgement must again 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 inspections,
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.
(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 children attending
the Physically Defective School and Brookfield Hospital. Miss