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(8) Strand Senior obtained 11 Life Saving Certificates
(6 Elementary and 5 Intermediate).
13.—CO-OPERATION WITH TEACHERS.
The School Medical Service is grateful to the Teachers of
schools in this Borough for the keen interest they take in its
work, and an excellent spirit of cordiality exists which enables
the work to be carried on with greater efficiency. They assist
us at the Routine Inspections and re-Inspections, watch for
children who appear to require medical attention, and we are
thus able to cover much more ground than if we had to do this
work by ourselves.
We are frequently asking for returns and information which
must take up much of their time and this form of help is always
given us ungrudgingly. We furnish all Head Teachers with lists
of children found at the inspections mentioned above, to be
suffering from some defect together with the treatment advised.
14.—CO-OPERATION WITH PARENTS.
St. Paul's School is the only school that has a Parents'
Association, but it is found that many parents seem to appreciate
the value of the service in furthering the interests of their
children. They nearly always attend the Routine Inspections
of the younger children and an increasing percentage now
accompany those in the later age groups. With a few hopeless
exceptions, they listen to our advice and if for some reason they
do not agree with us are always willing to obtain another
opinion.
15.—CO-OPERATION WITH SCHOOL ENQUIRY
OFFICERS.
The close co-operation of the Service with the School
Enquiry Officers, Messrs. Welsh and Baynes, is still maintained
and is an important factor in the efficient working of the
Service, and I again tender them my thanks for their valuable
assistance during the year.
They follow up and bring to the Special Inspection Clinic
children staying away from school for illness and who are not
attending a doctor, children who have been told to attend the
clinic and have not done so, and children sent by the Attendance
Committee and Police Court.