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There is a great advantage in obtaining the co-operation
of the parents as it enables the school medical inspector to
give detailed advice in the case of children found to be
suffering from defects.
A large number of parents also attended at the special
examinations at the Health Centre.
Co-operation of Teachers. I have again to acknowledge
the valuable assistance which the teachers have rendered 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 during the routine
cleansing examinations, and when following up cases found
to be defective.
They have also co-operated, as in the past, by bringing to
the notice of the school medical staff those children who, in
their opinion, are likely to benefit by receiving free milk in
school, and by arranging for their attendance at the Health
Centre.
Co-operation of School Attendance Officers. A close cooperation
has been maintained between the School Medical
Department and the school attendance officers.
As in previous years a considerable number of children
have been medically examined at the request of the Attendance
Department on account of prolonged absence from school
through ill-health.
As the result of these examinations many children were
returned to school considerably earlier than would otherwise
have been the case.
Co-operation of Voluntary Bodies. The Invalid Children's
Aid Association is the principal voluntary organisation dealing
with school children and children below school age in
Wimbledon. As in previous years it continued to render
invaluable service during 1938. Convalescent treatment was
provided for seventy-five Wimbledon school children during
the year under review, twenty of these having been referred
from the School Medical Department. These were chiefly cases
of debility following pneumonia, bronchitis, rheumatism and
chorea. There were also a number of children recommended
for convalescence following measles.
Education is nearly always provided for the children
whilst they are away.
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