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(b) Parkhurst Physically Defective Centre.
48 Specially designed chairs (adjustable).
48 Table desks.
3 Adjustable couches.
3 Tables for couches.
(c) Allison Road.
4 Cupboards.
Generally.
In addition to the above, cupboards, screens, remedial forms and
ladders, blackboards and needlework boxes have been made and supplied.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The schedule of the Board of Education respecting the age groups
to be examined was adhered to, and during the year 1925 all children
belonging to these groups, with the exception of those who were absent
from school at the time of medical inspection, or whose parents offered
objection to medical inspection by the school medical officers, were
examined. Objections were few in number, and many of these were
withdrawn when the head teachers of the departments used their persuasive
influence.
Statistical Table I at the end of the report particularises the work
accomplished under this heading.
FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION.
(a) Uncleanliness.
It may be said, generally, that uncleanliness amongst school children
is declining. So far as verminous conditions of the body and clothing
are concerned they may be considered to have been reduced to a minimum.
In a place like Tottenham, where there is always a fairly large
section of the population in great poverty and living in conditions that
favour the communication of vermin from person to person, it is not
feasible to expect perfect cleanliness. On the other hand, as success
attends the efforts of the nurses to gain greater cleanliness, so the
standard they set is raised and the numbers of children reported to be