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Following Up and Treatment.
Defective Vision: Eighteen pupils prescribed glasses and
all obtained them ; two not prescribed
glasses.
Otitis Media: Ear now quite clear.
Enlarged Tonsils: Some improvement in all the four
cases.
Organic Heart Disease: Heart condition has got worse. Girl
now temporarily out of school.
Bronchitis : Chest clear.
Other Defects (3):
(.1) Nsevus: For operation during the Christmas
holiday.
(2) Slight Umbillical Condition same, no need for operation.
Weakness :
(3) Migraine (girl) : Definite improvement.
Mr. C. W. Truelove, the Principal, takes a special interest in
Medical Inspection at the School, with the result that a large
percentage (average 80) of the parents attend the two inspections
each year.
(17) Parents' Payments.
The arrangements made for recovering the cost of treatment
from parents of children attending Public Elementary Schools and
pupils attending Secondary Schools and other Institutions of
Higher Education are as follows :—
Medical and Dental Treatment. Lists of cases treated are
periodically sent to the Superintendent of Visitors. The School
Attendance Officers visit each case and ascertain the income of the
parents. The cases are then assessed in accordance with the Committee's
scale and the amount is then collected by weekly instalments.
Spectacles. Parents claiming assistance in respect of the
supply of spectacles to children attend the School Attendance
Department and state particulars of their income. Upon this
information, an order is given to the Optician to the Education
Committee, to supply the spectacles at contract price at a cost to
the parents according to their means.
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