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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.
A complete survey of the schools is made from time to time,
and a considerable number of minor defects are remedied. Improvements
have been made in the lighting of the schools, and
new heating systems have been installed at Spring Grove Central
School, Grove Road Schools, and at Worple Road Schools.
Dinner Hour Arrangements.
In one school only, Spring Grove Central, where there is a
Cookery Centre attached, are children able to obtain a hot dinner
at a low cost. It is fortunate that the Cookery Centre should be
here, because the children at this school are of necessity drawn
from all parts of the district, making it impossible in many
cases for them to return home for a midday meal. At the other
schools in the district there are only a few children who come from
a distance, and in these cases the teachers are most helpful in
supervising the children's tood, and warming milk, etc., when
required.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Parents whose children are found to be defective and requiring
medical treatment, are duly informed of the necessity of
medical advice being sought. The children are kept under
observation either in the schools or at the Clincs with a view to
treatment being obtained.
(a). Age Croups Inspected.
Following the Board's Regulations the children examined
were: —
1. All new entrants, 5 year old children;
2. Children of 8 years of age;
3. Children of 12 years of age;