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Other inspections include children seen as "Specials." These
are generally children brought forward by the Head Teachers, or
they may be seen by one of the School Nurses and deemed suitable
cases for a special examination. 39 of these cases were examined
during the year. Included in the Special Inspections in Table I.
are the cases seen at the Inspection and Minor Ailment Clinic, so
that there is a total of 952 special inspections.
From the table on page 19 it will be seen that re-inspections
totalled 1,090.
Re-inspections are made of children actually found with
defects which have not been treated, and also of children who have
been placed "under observation."
The routine inspections and special examinations take up a
considerable time, and it is not possible to re-examine as often as
one would wish. "Following up" at home by the School Nurses
is thoroughly carried out and the figures in the tables at the end of
this report show that a very small percentage of the defects go
untreated.
Parents are also asked to bring children to the Inspection
Clinic and advice is given there.
Age Groups Inspected. The Board of Education requires
Local Authorities to make provision for the Medical Inspection of
all children admitted to school during the year ending March 31st,
and of all children between 12 and 13 years of age, together with
children over 13 who have not been inspected after reaching the
age of 12. An intermediate group, children between 8 and 9 years
of age, must also be examined.
The 324 entrants comprised 179 boys and 145 girls.
,, 364 intermediates „ 192 „ „ 172 „
,, 417 leavers ,, 213 ,, 204 ,,
The number inspected and re-inspected under the heading
"Other Inspections" is 2,042 as compared with 1,774 last year,