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20. MISCELLANEOUS.
Every candidate appointed as a teacher under the
Education Committee is required, as a condition of the
appointment, to pass a satisfactory medical examination.
Ten such examinations were carried out by the School
Medical Staff during the year.
Employment of Children and Young Persons. On the 1st
February, 1935, the new Bye-laws made under the Children
and Young Persons Act, 1933, came into operation. These
Bye-laws make it obligatory for every school child over the
age of twelve years seeking employment to be medically examined
by the School Medical Officer before an employment
card is issued. Apart from this change, the hours and conditions
of employment are substantially the same as those
under the previous Bye-laws, which were made under the
Education Act, 1921.
Employment in or in connection with any racing course
or track or other place where any like sport is carried on,
or as an assistant in any business conducted therein, is now
prohibited under the new Bye-laws.
One hundred and sixty-nine employment cards were issued
to school children.
One hundred and sixty-three children were medically
examined for employment during the year. They
were all granted medical certificates of fitness for delivering
newspapers and for work in connection with milk rounds.
Legal proceedings were instituted against six employers
for ten contraventions of the Bye-laws. A fine of five shillings
and costs was imposed in respect of each contravention. Warnings
were issued to thirteen employers. Full particulars of

During the routine visits of the nurses to the schools
after the three principal holidays, special inquiries are made
with regard to the number of children in the senior schools
who are employed out of school hours. Full particulars of
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