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It is obvious that they appreciate the importance of the health
and physical condition of the pupils under their charge and they
give us every assistance in our endeavours to deal with these
matters.
The Service is very grateful to the teachers concerned for
their real assistance, and there is no doubt but that that
assistance is a very great help to us.
14.—CO-OPERATION WITH PARENTS.
The increased parental co-operation is maintained, and it
can be said that, with the exception of a few chronic obstructionists
who fortunately are gradually diminishing in number,
parents show a great willingness to follow our advice and thus
persist in the improvement of the health and physical condition
of the children.
15.—CO-OPERATION WITH SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
OFFICERS.
The School Attendance Officers (Messrs. Welsh and
Baynes) act in close co-operation with the School Medical
Service, and I would like to express my thanks to them for the
much valuable assistance they have given us during the past
year.
They follow up and bring to the Special Inspection Clinic
children staying away from school for illness, who are not
attending a doctor, children who have been told to attend the
Clinic and have not done so, and children sent to the Attendance
Committee and Police Court.