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The School Medical Service in relation to
Public Elementary Schools.
School Hygiene.
The school buildings and the sanitary arrangements are
periodically inspected.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The following short resum6 describes the arrangements made
for the medical inspection of the children. The afternoon sessions
are chosen when possible, as it is found to be more convenient
for those parents who desire to be present.
The suggested dates are submitted to the teachers, and
intimated to the Secretary who informs His Majesty's Inspector
of Schools.
The arrangements hitherto have been that all appointments
for children being inspected at Routine Inspection were made
from the office and the appointment cards made out in the office
and sent out for distribution by the teachers. The days of
examination were spread over long periods as the administrative
arrangements only permitted of a school being inspected one day
in the week, which meant a prolonged visitation in the case of a
larger school. This also meant a certain amount of difficulty in
the office in arranging the inspection of the children, so that it
did not clash with their instruction in special subjects.
The machinery has been simplified, in that, now the cards
and the list of all the children due to be examined are sent to
the head teacher and the examinations are conducted on consecutive
days until the whole school is finished.
Further, all the parents used to be summoned at the beginning
of the session, so that some of them had to wait considerable
periods. They are now summoned at the rate of four every half
hour. Under the new arrangement, the head teacher is able to
make his or her own arrangements, so as to fit in with the special
subjects and also with what is known of the habits of the parents,