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They also put into action those special recommendations
of the Doctor after his visit of routine examination.
In many matters connected with the School Medical
Service valuable co-operation has been given by the Committee's
Inspectors, Mr. E. W. Hodges and Miss C. M. Bott.
The following list gives defects or recommendations
notified to Teachers, which have a bearing on the educational
career of the child
Vision, 1,390
Physical Exercises, 14
Defective Hearing, 60
Breathing Exercises, 16
Heart (Physical
Overstrain), 128
Speech, 12
Deformities, 1
Teeth, 5
Mental Condition, 7
Nervous System, 12
Skin Disease,
(Verminous, etc.), 5
Other Defects, etc., 84
(15) Co-operation of School Attendance Officers.
There is a complete co-ordination between the School Medical
Service and the School Attendance Bye-Laws Department, supervised
by Mr. G. F. Crane.
The cases concerned involve school attendance, cleanliness,
unfitness for school or for employment, and out of school cases.
The School Attendance Officer makes a daily return of all
children out of school on medical grounds, and these are visited
by Lady Sanitary Inspectors.
The cases brought to the notice of the Public Health Department
by the School Attendance Officer during the year were as
follows:—
Measles, 1,198
Whooping Cough, 799
Tonsillitis, 403
Chicken Pox, 561
Mumps, 292
Other Diseases, 4309
(16) Co-operation of Voluntary Bodies.
The following Societies or Associations are in constant touch
with the School Medical Department re the welfare of individual
children.
(1) Invalid Children's Aid Association.
(2) Invalid and Crippled Children's Society.
(3) Central Association for Mental Welfare.
(4) National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children.
(5) The Almoners of a large number of voluntary hospitals.
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