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Co-ordination with other Health Services.
The three School Nurses act also as Health Visitors in the
Maternity and Child Welfare work The School Medical Officer
is also Medical Officer of Health and Medical Officer to the
Maternity and Child Welfare Centre. There is thus close cooperation
between these departments, and this is particularly
useful in connection with the occurrence of Infectious Diseases in
the Schools and in the Borough generally.
School Hygiene.
There are thirteen schools in the Borough, four being Council
Schools (one Special School), the remainder being Church of
England 7, Roman Catholic 1, and Undenominational 1.
Many of the School Buildings are old, but some have been
altered and brought to a fairly satisfactory condition.
The sanitary conveniences in four schools mentioned in last
year's report have now been modernised.
Medical Inspection (Table 1, page 18).
Medical Inspections were carried out during the year as
follows :—
1. Routine Inspections required by the Board of Education.
(a) Entrants;
(b) Intermediates;
(c) Leavers.
2. Other Inspections:
(a) Special children not in the above groups but who are
examined, usually at the request of the Head Teacher.
(b) Children seen at the Clinic, sent by Parents, Head
Teachers or the School Nurses.
(c) Re-inspections of children previously found with a
defect of some kind.