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187
and women professors are engaged in instruction and supervision.

The above figures do not include the children who have
attended the Swimming Baths during the above period.
(13) Co-operation of Parents.
The co-operation of parents is an essential factor in the
success of every undertaking by the School Medical Service.
The attitude of the parents on the whole is increasingly helpful,
and they are now realising that the School Medical Service is
functioning purely and solely in the interests and future wellbeing
of their children.
During the year parents or guardians attended the
Routine Medical Inspections in the case of 7,334 boys and
8,061 girls, making a combined average attendance of 78 per
cent. as regards the Elementary Schools.
In connection with the co-operation of parents we have
the question of refusal of examination. The chief reasons
eiven by the parents are: "We have our own Family
Doctor," "We do not hold with it," or "parent unable to
attend."
Occasionally, parents bearing in mind the possibility of
having to purchase glasses, invent excuses such as " the child
was confused at the time of examination," or unfamiliar with
the style of letters used in the preliminary Vision Test.