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together with those children absent at the previous medical
inspection, giving secondary groups of 6, o and 13 years of age.
The first routine medical inspection of the newly formed
Central School was held in 1925, in which case all the children
at the school were examined, the ages ranging from 11 to 15.
(b). Board's Schedule.
In all cases the Board's Schedule of medical inspection has
been followed.
(c). 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. Owing to the increased number of
children in the schools, due to the expansion of the district, considerable
inconvenience has again been experienced this year in some
of the schools by the holding of the medical inspection. In order to
provide a room for the inspection, two classes have had to be held
in one room, often only large enough for the original class. In
spite of deficient accommodation however it still seems better to
hold the inspection at the school. An experiment was tried a few
years ago, by the Board's permission. Inspections were held at a
nearby hall with better accommodation, but it did not prove
satisfactory, and was discontinued in 1925. The necessary
co-ordination between the Head Teacher and the Medical
Inspector was lacking, as it was often impossible for Head
Teachers to be present at an inspection held outside their own
schools. With the provision of increased school accommodation
which is to be carried out shortly, much of the difficulty should
disappear.
FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION, 1927.
Uncleanliness.
Out of 2,318 children examined at routine medical inspection,
138 were found to have nitty or verminous condition of the head,
326 children were also seen at the school clinics. The total number
of children excluded on account of nits and vermin during 1927