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HYGIENE TEACHING.
There is nothing to add this year to the account of the
subject given in last year's Annual Report. The lessons on
Infant Care and Hygiene are very popular, and many parents
have expressed their pleasure and gratitude for the teaching
given to their older girls on this important subject. The
teachers have, for the most part, taken much care in developing
these lessons and making them as thoroughly practical
as possible.
OBJECTIONS TO MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The number of objections to medical inspection during
the year amounted to 13 only, whilst numerous parents
expressed a desire that their children, who were not of the
entering or leaving classes, should be also inspected, showing
that they appreciate the value of such examinations, and
that they recognise the work as an integral part of the child's
school life.
The influence which the Head Teachers have had in
explaining the aims and methods of school medical inspection
to parents who did not understand its purpose, has largely
helped to bring about this satisfactory state of affairs.
PRESENCE OF PARENTS AT MEDICAL
INSPECTION.
In the routine examination of infants some 80 per cent, of
the parents attended. A fewer number attended with the older
children. We are glad to record again the keen interest