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defects. A very large number of parents also attended at the
special examinations held at the Health Centre.
14. CO-OPERATION OF TEACHERS.
The teachers have rendered great assistance to the School
Medical Department during the year. They have facilitated the
medical inspection work in the schools, and given every assistance
to the school nurses when following up cases found to be
defective, and also during the routine cleansing examinations.
They have also co-operated, as in past years, by bringing
defective children to the notice of the school medical staff and
arranging for their attendance at "the Health Centre.
15. CO-OPERATION OF THE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
OFFICERS.
A close co-operation has been maintained throughout the
year between the School Medical Department and the School
Attendance Officers.
16. CO-OPERATION OF VOLUNTARY BODIES.
A close co-operation exists between the School Medical Department
and the Invalid Children's Aid Association and the
Wimbledon Guild of Social Welfare. During the year 1980 the
Local Branch of the Invalid Children's Aid Association sent 38
Wimbledon Children of school ago to Convalescent Homes for
various periods. In 8 of these cases education was provided
whilst they were away. 5 children were provided with instruments
and about 220 children were kept under supervision during
the year. The work of the Association has been especially
valuable in the case of children who have been discharged from
the London Hospitals convalescing from such diseases as
chorea, suppurating glands of the neck, etc., and in the case
of children who have been under observation by the Tuberculosis
Physician. As the result of this convalescent treatment most of
these children are rapidly restored to health and are enabled to
return to school at a very much earlier date.
The local representative of the National Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children is always ready to co-operate
with the staff of the School Medical Department in promoting
the welfare of the children in this area.
17. (a) Blind, Deaf, Defective, and Epileptic Children.
A special register is kept in the School Medical Department
of all children who are defective within the meaning of
Part V of the Education Act, 1921. Furthermore, particulars of
each of these children are entered on a special medical record
card. Information concerning new cases is furnished by the
teachers, Attendance Officers, and School Nurse-Health Visitors.
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