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The percentage of parents or guardians present at the
Elementary School Examinations (Routine and Special) was 82.
(14) Co-operation of Teachers.
The continued co-operation of the Head Teachers is a great
factor in the School Medical Service. The teachers help in many
ways. They prepare the lists for examination and select "specials"
to be examined. They urge the attendance of parents, and render
many services in connection with the Nurses' visits in the process
of following-up. They also draft special cases to the Clinics for
minor ailments, and interview many parents on the subject.
Their scope in treatment is of course limited to seeing that
a child attends regularly the examination and Clinic, and urging
parents to persist in treatment, or otherwise obtain treatment where
advised.
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. T. Wall and Miss C. M. Bott.
The following list gives defects or recommendations notified
to Head Teachers, which have a bearing on the educational career
of the child :—
Vision, 1800. Defective Speech, 4.
Physical Exercises, 40. Mental Condition, 4.
Defective Hearing, 29. Nervous System, 1.
Breathing Exercises, 1. Skin Disease
Heart (Physical (Verminous, etc.), 10.
Overstrain), 99. Other Defects, etc., 25.
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