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Majesty's Inspector of Schools. Formal notice of the inspection
is sent to the school, together with cards inviting the parents to
be present. These cards are all ready filled in save for the hour
of attendance to be entered and the teacher's signature.
Parents whose children are found to be defective and who
require medical treatment, are duly informed of the necessity of
medical advice being sought. If the parents fail to attend, notices
of the defects are subsequently delivered at the homes by the
Health Visitors who explain to the parents how they should
proceed in order to have the defects remedied.
(a). Age Groups Inspected.
The selection of children due for routine medical inspection
during 1920, includes those children born during the years, 1908,
1911 and 1914, together with those absent at the previous medical
inspection.
(b). Board's Schedule.
In all cases the Board's Schedule of medical inspection has
been followed.
(c). Crippling Defects.
No special steps beyond those outlined on page 33, have been
taken to secure the early ascertainment of crippling defects.
(d) Disturbance of School Arrangements.
The accommodation available for the purpose of medical
inspection varies in different schools. In some the head teachers'
rooms are used, but as a rule they are insufficiently large for
vision testing; in others a class room or part of a class room,
more or less screened off has to serve. Where it is necessary to
utilise a class room for this purpose, it is evident there results
crowding, with some disturbance of the school arrangements, but
it is endeavoured in all cases to cause as little interference as is
practicable with ordinary school routine.