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MUNICIPAL COLLEGE.
The Local Authority undertakes the Medical Inspection of
certain students in attendance at this College, provided by them.
The students examined are those attending (1) Junior Courses
Engineering, first and second year (2) Trade School for Girls (a)
Preparatory (b) Dressmaking, first and second year (c) Cookery,
first and second year (3) Junior Art Trade School for Boys and
Girls.
Three visits are made during the year, and re-inspections are
made of examinees from each previous medical inspection.
The examinations are fuller in detail than obtain in the
Elementary Schools, colour visions, chest measurements, and other
enquiries incidental to the age period being noted.
The procedure of following-up by Nurses' visits and reinspection
by the Assistant School Medical Officer is the same as
in the Elementary Schools. The School Clinic and Hospital
arrangements for the treatment of Tonsils and Adenoids, Defective
Vision, and Tinea of the Scalp (X-Ray Treatment) are available
if required.
Arrangements have been made for the girl students to be
examined by a lady Doctor.
The following is a resume of the examination of the boy
students by Dr. A. Furniss:—
No. of Boys No. of Boys Percentage
examined defective defective
154 23 15
The number of parents who attended the inspection was exactly
one hundred. This gives a percentage attendance of sixty-five.
This is somewhat low, and is explained by the fact that many
of the pupils come from long distances—Barking, Dagenham,
Gidea Park, Walthamstow, Ilford, Hornchurch, East Ham and
Leyton. Considering this fact, the attendance figures are really
very good.
Before reporting the defects in detail, it should be mentioned
that defective vision was responsible for the majority—this condition
accounting for 75% of the total.