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at Romford Road, Balaam Street, Plaistow Road, Silvertown and
Fen Street. In addition, school children made 33,846 attendances
at the Corporation's washing baths during the year—20,039 of
these attendances having been made by boys and 13,807 by girls.
V. METHODS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The current practice of routine examination of children in
schools is based on the provisions of section 17 of the Board of
Education (Special Services) Regulations, (18th August, 1925).
This section makes it incumbent upon the authority to provide for
the medical inspection of all children in public elementary schools
as soon as possible in the twelve months following
(a) their first admission into public elementary schools, and
(b) their attaining' the age of eight years, and
(c) their attaining the age of twelve years.
During the year there was no departure from the practice of carrying
out the routine examination of all children in the three code
age-groups. For practical purposes these are interpreted as
follows: —
(a) children admitted to school for the first time during the
year (entrants).
(b) children of eight years of age (intermediates).
(c) children who are expected to leave school, and who have
not been previously inspected since they attained the
age of twelve years (leavers).
The borough is divided into five sections for the purpose of
school medical inspection. Each section is served by a school
clinic, which is the headquarters of an assistant school medical
officer, a school dentist, and a staff of nurses. The schools in
each area are visited in rotation, and the head teachers in each
school send out notices informing the parents when to attend for
the medical inspection of their children. Those children who are
absent are examined at a later visit. Owing to the absence of
adequate rooms in which medical inspection can be carried Out,
arrangements have had to be made for the inspection to be held
in other premises in certain cases. The following table gives the
names of these schools and the premises which are used for
inspection.
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