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(iii) Leavers: i.e., those children who have attained their
12th birthday since the last routine medical inspection,
or who will be 13 years of age during the
current year.
There were medically inspected in the schools during the
year 1932:—
Entrants 578
Intermediates 623
Leavers 447
Total 1648
In addition there were sixty-five other routine inspections in
the schools, making a total of 1,713.
Apart from these routine inspections there were 2,588 special
inspections and 6,326 re-inspections carried out at the Health
Centre.
The total number of routine and non-routine medical inspections
during the year amounted to 4,301.
The number of children examined at the routine inspections
in, the schools shows a decrease of 192 as compared with the
figure for the previous year.
The decrease is accounted for by the fact that there were
153 fewer entrants for inspection and 57 fewer intermediates.
The continually declining birth rate is responsible for the drop
in these figures. On the other hand the number of leavers examined
in 1932 was sixty-four more than during the previous year.
The number of special inspections and re-inspections at the
Health Centre shows a decrease of 1,863.
This has been the result of fewer school-children attending
the Health Centre for medical examination during the morning
sessions. A larger number of children are now referred to their
private doctors for treatment. Consequently the numbers have
been more manageable.
(b) The Board's Schedule of Medical Inspection has been
adhered to in every respect.
(c) Medical inspection causes a certain amount of disturbance,
especially in the older type of schools. In nine departments
the inspection is carried out in the Head Teachers' rooms.
In the older schools a classroom is utilised for this purpose. Owing
to the fact that no classroom is available at Haydous Road
Girls' School, nor at Haydons Road Infants' School, the medical
inspection of these scholars was carried out as in previous years
at the Church Institute which is situated quite near. The
accommodation here for the purposes of medical inspection is
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